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====== ThinkGeo Cloud Geocoding ======
ThinkGeo Cloud Geocoding provides RESTful APIs to find the Geolocation from an address in the United States. Check out the [[https://cloudclientsamples.thinkgeo.com/#Geocoding|online sample]] for a quick look. 

===== RESTful APIs =====

* //**Try it Online**:// All the ThinkGeo Cloud RESTful APIs can be tested online following the instructions below: 
  *  Get a ThinkGeo Cloud Client Key. Check out [[https://wiki.thinkgeo.com/wiki/thinkgeo_cloud_client_keys_guideline|ThinkGeo Cloud Client Keys Guideline]] see how to apply one. It's free for 60 days.  
   * Visit our [[https://cloud.thinkgeo.com/help/|ThinkGeo Cloud API Explorer]], click the "Authorize" button at the top and enter your client credentials. You are then free to play with all the APIs online. 

//**ThinkGeo Cloud Geocoding provides the following 2 Restful APIs**://

==== Geocode Address ====
Get location from an address.

<code html>
HTTP GET 
https://cloud.thinkgeo.com/api/v1/location/geocode/{searchText}
</code>

//**URL Parameters**//
  * <html><span class="api-parameter"><span class="api-parameter-name">searchText:</span> The address to be geocoded.</span></html>
  * <html><span class="api-parameter"><span class="api-parameter-name">locationType:</span> <em>Optional.</em> Specifies what types of locations will be considered a match. Possible values are Address, Street, State, City, County, Zipcode. Defaults to Default.</span></html>
  * <html><span class="api-parameter"><span class="api-parameter-name">fuzzyMatch:</span> <em>Optional.</em> Specifies whether to attempt approximate, as well as exact, matching when performing geocodes. Defaults to false.</span></html>
  * <html><span class="api-parameter"><span class="api-parameter-name">maxResults:</span> <em>Optional.</em> The maximum number of possible matches to return, if multiple candidates are found. Defaults to 10.</span></html>
  * <html><span class="api-parameter"><span class="api-parameter-name">verboseResults:</span> <em>Optional.</em> Indicates whether the results should be verbose or not. When false, the results will have fewer properties. Defaults to false.</span></html>
  * <html><span class="api-parameter"><span class="api-parameter-name">srid:</span> <em>Optional.</em> The SRID (coordinate system ID) in which to express the result. Mutually exclusive from the Proj4String parameter.</span></html>
  * <html><span class="api-parameter"><span class="api-parameter-name">proj4String:</span> <em>Optional.</em> The Proj4 projection string (coordinate system) in which to express the result. Mutually exclusive from the Srid parameter. Defaults to "+proj=longlat +datum=WGS84 +no_defs".</span></html>
  
Visit [[https://cloud.thinkgeo.com/help/#/Geocoding/GeocodeAddressV1|GeocodeAddress]] and click "Try It Out" to explore this API online.

==== Geocode Addresses (Batch Request) ====
Get locations from multiple addresses.

<code html>
HTTP POST
https://cloud.thinkgeo.com/api/v1/location/geocode/multi
</code>
//**POST Body (Content-Type: application/json)**//

<code javascript>
[
  {
    "searchText": "string", // Free-form text representing the address or location to be geocoded.
    "locationType": "string", // Optional. Specifies what types of locations will be considered a match. Possible values are Address, Street, State, City, County, Postcode, Zipcode. Defaults to all types.
    "fuzzyMatch": bool, // Optional. Specifies whether to attempt approximate, as well as exact, matching when performing geocodes. Defaults to false.
    "maxResults": int, // Optional. The maximum number of possible matches to return, if multiple candidates are found. Defaults to 20.
    "verboseResults": bool, // Optional. Indicates whether the results should be verbose or not. When false, the results will have fewer properties. Defaults to false.
    "srid": int, // Optional. The SRID (coordinate system ID) in which to express the result. Mutually exclusive from the Proj4String parameter.
    "proj4String": "string" // Optional. The Proj4 projection string (coordinate system) in which to express the result. Mutually exclusive from the Srid parameter. Defaults to "+proj=longlat +datum=WGS84 +no_defs".
  }
]
</code>

Each item in the batch can locally override a parameter specified on the request URL.

//**URL Parameters**//
  * <html><span class="api-parameter"><span class="api-parameter-name">locationType:</span> <em>Optional.</em> Specifies what types of locations will be considered a match. Possible values are Address, Street, State, City, County, Zipcode. Defaults to Default.</span></html>
  * <html><span class="api-parameter"><span class="api-parameter-name">fuzzyMatch:</span> <em>Optional.</em> Specifies whether to attempt approximate, as well as exact, matching when performing geocodes. Defaults to false.</span></html>
  * <html><span class="api-parameter"><span class="api-parameter-name">maxResults:</span> <em>Optional.</em> The maximum number of possible matches to return, if multiple candidates are found. Defaults to 10.</span></html>
  * <html><span class="api-parameter"><span class="api-parameter-name">verboseResults:</span> <em>Optional.</em> Indicates whether the results should be verbose or not. When false, the results will have fewer properties. Defaults to false.</span></html>
  * <html><span class="api-parameter"><span class="api-parameter-name">srid:</span> <em>Optional.</em> The SRID (coordinate system ID) in which to express the result. Mutually exclusive from the Proj4String parameter.</span></html>
  * <html><span class="api-parameter"><span class="api-parameter-name">proj4String:</span> <em>Optional.</em> The Proj4 projection string (coordinate system) in which to express the result. Mutually exclusive from the Srid parameter. Defaults to "+proj=longlat +datum=WGS84 +no_defs".</span></html>

Visit [[https://cloud.thinkgeo.com/help/#/Geocoding/GeocodeAddressesBatchV1|GeocodeAddressesBatch]] and click "Try It Out" to explore this API online. 

===== Consume from Client Side=====
ThinkGeo Cloud Geocoding does not allow anonymous users to access the API. Before working with these APIs, you will need to register with ThinkGeo Cloud and create your own clients. A new account comes with two clients: **NativeConfidential** and **JavaScript**. See more details at [[thinkgeo_cloud_client_keys_guideline|here]].

ThinkGeo Cloud provides standard RESTful APIs which can be consumed on any platform through any language. ThinkGeo also offers two prepackaged API clients to make it easier to integrate into .NET and JavaScript applications.

==== SDK for .NET ====

Our .NET SDK //ThinkGeo Cloud Client// makes it easy to consume all of the ThinkGeo Cloud services in your applications. It's available on [[https://www.nuget.org/packages/ThinkGeo.Cloud.Client|NuGet]].  IntelliSense hints will help you get started, and you can also refer to the [[thinkgeo_cloud_.net_client_apis|ThinkGeo Cloud Client API list]] for details.

At the NuGet Package Manager terminal, you can install this package by running the command: ''Install-Package ThinkGeo.Cloud.Client -Version VERSION_TO_BE_INSTALLED''.  You can also check out ThinkGeo on GitHub for [[https://github.com/ThinkGeo?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=cloud&type=&language=|samples utilizing the ThinkGeo Cloud Client]].

=== API Documentation ===
  * [[api/thinkgeo.cloud.geocodingclient|ThinkGeo.Cloud.GeocodingClient]]<div>This documentation covers the ThinkGeo.Cloud.GeocodingClient class. It contains all of the members such as Constructors, Methods, Properties and Events.</div>

==== SDK for JavaScript ====
The SDK for JavaScript enables developers to directly access ThinkGeo Cloud services from JavaScript code running in brower. This SDK can be found at [[https://www.npmjs.com/package/thinkgeocloudclient-js|thinkgeocloudclient-js]]. The [[https://cloudclientsamples.thinkgeo.com/#Geocoding|Geocoding]] sample shows how to work with this SDK.

===== Samples =====

Online Sample:
  * [[https://samples.thinkgeo.com/cloud/#FindanAddressintheUS|ThinkGeo Cloud Geocoding Online Sample]]

Desktop Sample:
  * [[https://github.com/ThinkGeo/ThinkGeoCloudReverseGeocodingSample-ForWpf|ThinkGeo Cloud Reverse Geocoding Sample for Wpf]] for [[map_suite_desktop_for_wpf|Map Suite Desktop For WPF]]

Web Sample:

<code csharp>

Coming soon

</code>

Mobile Sample: 
<code csharp>

Coming soon

</code>


===== Related Links =====
  * [[thinkgeo_cloud_reverse_geocoding|ThinkGeo Cloud Reverse Geocoding]]
  * [[thinkgeo_cloud_maps_wms|ThinkGeo Cloud Maps WMS]]
  * [[thinkgeo_cloud_maps_vector_tiles|ThinkGeo Cloud Maps Vector Tiles]]
  * [[thinkgeo_cloud_maps_raster_tiles|ThinkGeo Cloud Maps Raster Tiles]]
  * [[thinkgeo_cloud_elevation|ThinkGeo Cloud Elevation]]
  * [[thinkgeo_cloud_projection|ThinkGeo Cloud Projection]]
  * [[thinkgeo_cloud_colors|ThinkGeo Cloud Colors]]
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