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Native Geocoder

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Cordova plugin for native forward and reverse geocoding

Repo: https://github.com/sebastianbaar/cordova-plugin-nativegeocoder

Installation

  1. Install the Cordova and Ionic Native plugins:
    $ ionic cordova plugin add cordova-plugin-nativegeocoder
    $ npm install --save @ionic-native/native-geocoder@4
    
  2. Add this plugin to your app's module

Supported platforms

Usage

import { NativeGeocoder, NativeGeocoderReverseResult, NativeGeocoderForwardResult, NativeGeocoderOptions } from '@ionic-native/native-geocoder';

constructor(private nativeGeocoder: NativeGeocoder) { }

...

let options: NativeGeocoderOptions = {
    useLocale: true,
    maxResults: 5
};

this.nativeGeocoder.reverseGeocode(52.5072095, 13.1452818, options)
  .then((result: NativeGeocoderReverseResult[]) => console.log(JSON.stringify(result[0])))
  .catch((error: any) => console.log(error));

this.nativeGeocoder.forwardGeocode('Berlin', options)
  .then((coordinates: NativeGeocoderForwardResult[]) => console.log('The coordinates are latitude=' + coordinates[0].latitude + ' and longitude=' + coordinates[0].longitude))
  .catch((error: any) => console.log(error));

Instance Members

reverseGeocode(latitude, longitude, options)

Reverse geocode a given latitude and longitude to find location address

Param Type Details
latitude number

The latitude

longitude number

The longitude

options NativeGeocoderOptions

The options

Returns: Promise<NativeGeocoderReverseResult[]>

forwardGeocode(addressString, options)

Forward geocode a given address to find coordinates

Param Type Details
addressString string

The address to be geocoded

options NativeGeocoderOptions

The options

Returns: Promise<NativeGeocoderForwardResult[]>

NativeGeocoderReverseResult

Param Type Details
countryCode string

The country code.

countryName string

The country name.

postalCode string

The postal code.

administrativeArea string

The administrativeArea.

subAdministrativeArea string

The subAdministrativeArea.

locality string

The locality.

subLocality string

The subLocality.

thoroughfare string

The thoroughfare.

subThoroughfare string

The subThoroughfare.

NativeGeocoderForwardResult

Param Type Details
latitude string

The latitude.

longitude string

The longitude.

NativeGeocoderOptions

Param Type Details
useLocale boolean

The locale to use when returning the address information. If set to 'false' the locale will always be 'en_US'. Default is 'true'

defaultLocale string

The default locale to use when returning the address information. e.g.: 'fa-IR' or 'de_DE'.

(optional)
maxResults number

The maximum number of result to return (max is 5). Default is 1

API

Native

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