Adress-to-Coordinate API

[mOceanracing]

Epic: [^1]

• [#61]

Tasks: [^2]

• [ ] #69
• [ ] #70

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[^1]: The Epic to which this User Story belongs should be attached to specify the context and navigate on it.

[^2]: All Tasks belonging to the User Story should be listed to get an overview and to be able to navigate to them.

[mOceanracing]

Gute Auswahl und Vergleich:

• https://blog.apilayer.com/top-10-geocoding-api-free-for-pinpointing-addresses/

Mögliche API:

• https://www.geoapify.com/pricing

[takotori]

• IPStack doesn't work, only lookups via IPv4/IPv6
• PositionStack can only geocode, has no distance calculation and has limited requests per day (25000/month)
• QGIS Geocoding just no
• Google Maps is kinda complicated and has limited requests
• TravelTime Search API Geocoder only has a 1 month free option
• GPS Visualizer’s Quick Geocoder works via Google Maps API so no
• LocationIQ works but has limited requests (5000/day)
• Mapbox API has very limited requests (1000/month)
• OpenStreetMap API is not well documented and kinda complicated
• Geoapify works but has limited requests (3000/day)

Conclusion: Both LocationIQ and Geoapify could do their job just fine for us, but Geoapify has more features which we could use down the line if we want to expand our routing (eg. routes with bicycle, car, public transport etc.).

[takotori]

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