using nokia location api from a normal application (non-phone)

Question

Does Nokia provide any direct location based api where we can pass longitude and latitude and get the exact address/location in response ?. I am developing a general/non-phone java application which runs on a server.

Thanks and Regards Raaghu.K

Answer 1

You could have a look at the Places API (http://developer.here.net/places) available in the docs. Strictly speaking, it is not a geocoding API, but passing a latitude and longitude in your search will return results that have a vicinity parameter that may suit your need, as per their description :

The textual description of the location of the place; usually derived from the address of the place, but may also contain any other description that helps a user understand where the place is located.

You can see the related documentation page here :

• Search : http://developer.here.net/docs/places/topics/resource-search.html
• Results : http://developer.here.net/docs/places/topics/media-type-search.html

Hope it helps !

EDIT : Here is a sample call from the docs : http://demo.places.nlp.nokia.com/places/v1/discover/explore?at=52.53099%2C13.38455%3Bu%3D1000&size=0&app_id=_peU-uCkp-j8ovkzFGNU&app_code=gBoUkAMoxoqIWfxWA5DuMQ&accept=application/json