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Nominatim Geocode

Geocode addresses and place names to geographic coordinates using the OpenStreetMap Nominatim service. Converts human-readable addresses, landmarks, or place names into latitude/longitude coordinates. Returns structured address components, bounding box, and place type. No authentication required. Useful for geospatial analysis, mapping, and location-based research.

Livelast probed 2026-04-30 23:07Z· 112msCortexa

Status

The most recent probe succeeded. Safe to call from the agent today.

Last probed: 1d ago
Last success: 1d ago
Last latency: 112ms

Schema

JSON Schema the agent (or your API call) must match.

{
  "properties": {
    "countrycodes": {
      "description": "Restrict to specific countries (comma-separated ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 codes). Examples: 'us', 'de,fr', 'gb'",
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ]
    },
    "limit": {
      "description": "Maximum number of results to return (default 5, max 50)",
      "type": [
        "integer",
        "null"
      ]
    },
    "q": {
      "description": "Free-form address or place name query. Examples: 'Eiffel Tower Paris', '1600 Pennsylvania Ave Washington DC', 'Big Ben London', 'Mount Everest'",
      "type": "string"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "q"
  ],
  "type": "object"
}

Examples (1)

Default Nominatim Geocode call

public-safeinput

{
  "q": ""
}

Expected response keys: success

Anonymous-safe example. Rate-limited; no sign-in required.

Identifiers

Catalog ID: tu_Nominatim_geocode
Tool name: Nominatim_geocode
Added: 2026-04-30 22:47Z
Tags: tooluniverse

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