Is there a forward geocoding solution like nominatim or IQlocation in pdok? (Text adress to Lat Lon)

[Mooz]

Hello,

I want to turn a text adress to a latitude longitude.
Is there a forward geocoding solution like nominatim or IQlocation in pdok? (Convert a text adress to Lat Lon)
I am currently using IQlocation and nominatim but the 2 solutions have their limitations, (paid services etc…) is there a way to make these requests in Pdok?
I don’t want to make more requests, but I would like to find an open source and trustworthy forward geocoding solution. Nominatim seemed like a great solution, but the speed is not really amazing.

Greetings!

[daneng]

Hi @Mooz,

PDOK has a ‘Locatieserver’ service that offers this as a functionality.

The are three endpoints you can use.

• /suggest (used for searching and selecting objects)
• /lookup (used for getting a object found with the suggest service)
• /free (used for searching and getting objects, free search)

Example lookup request: https://geodata.nationaalgeoregister.nl/locatieserver/v3/lookup?id=adr-bf54db721969487ed33ba84d9973c702&indent=true

Locatieserver website: https://www.pdok.nl/restful-api/-/article/pdok-locatieserver

Open API Spec Yaml: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/PDOK/open-api-specs/master/locatieserver/oas.yaml

Github Wiki (google translate): API Locatieserver · PDOK/locatieserver Wiki · GitHub

Original in Dutch: API Locatieserver · PDOK/locatieserver Wiki · GitHub

[Mooz]

Thank you for your answer, ok so it’s more than what I thought, I thought it was only a reverse geocoding service. This seems promising.

Greetings!