# Geocode addresses to coordinates without an API key

**Use case:** 

Turns five Australian places and landmarks (Flinders Street Station, Roma Street, Geelong, Ballarat, Lorne) into coordinates, and one point on the Apollo Bay foreshore back into the nearest address and street. Each row lists matches best first with label, coordinates, confidence and kind of place, checked against your words so a vague name never returns a random business. $0.001 per result.

## Input

```json
{
  "origin": "Torquay VIC",
  "destination": "Apollo Bay VIC",
  "profile": "car",
  "mode": "geocode",
  "geocode": [
    {
      "id": "flinders-st",
      "text": "Flinders Street Station, Melbourne"
    },
    {
      "id": "roma-st",
      "text": "Roma Street Station, Brisbane"
    },
    {
      "id": "geelong",
      "text": "Geelong VIC"
    },
    {
      "id": "ballarat",
      "text": "Ballarat VIC",
      "size": 3
    },
    {
      "id": "lorne",
      "text": "Lorne VIC"
    },
    {
      "id": "apollo-bay-reverse",
      "lat": -38.758,
      "lng": 143.6706,
      "layers": [
        "address",
        "street"
      ],
      "size": 3
    }
  ],
  "geometry": "all",
  "steps": "instructions",
  "units": "km",
  "language": "en-GB",
  "elevationIntervalM": 0,
  "geocodeCountry": "AU",
  "looseGeocoding": false,
  "concurrency": 4
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "input.id": {
    "label": "ID",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "status": {
    "label": "Status",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "query.kind": {
    "label": "Direction",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "query.text": {
    "label": "Query",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "query.lat": {
    "label": "Lat",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "query.lng": {
    "label": "Lng",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "results": {
    "label": "Results",
    "format": "array"
  },
  "error": {
    "label": "Error",
    "format": "string"
  }
}
```

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [Directions, Routing & Distance Matrix API — no API key](https://apify.com/davidar/openstreetmap-directions-api.md) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/davidar/openstreetmap-directions-api.md) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.


## How to integrate an Actor?

This Task's input is already configured above. Use it as-is rather than inventing a new one.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For full API examples (JavaScript, Python, CLI, MCP, OpenAPI), see this Task's Actor page: https://apify.com/davidar/openstreetmap-directions-api.md

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