Geocoding and Geosearch

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find

Finds geo objects by query.

Query should be in format:
POI, House Number, Street, City, County, Country like "Potsdamer Platz, Berlin, Germany".
Also near is supported in queries, e.g. "hotel near Potsdamer Platz, Berlin, Germany"

http://geocoding.cloudmade.com/YOUR-API-KEY-GOES-HERE/geocoding/find/query.output_type[?optional_parameters]
Parameters Explanation
query Query should be in format: POI, House Number, Street, City, County, Country like "Potsdamer Platz, Berlin, Germany"
Optional Explanation
bbox Bounding box of area, where to look for objects. Format "southern_latitude, western_longitude, northern_latitude, eastern_longitude"

Examples

http://geocoding.cloudmade.com/BC9A493B41014CAABB98F0471D759707/geocoding/find/Potsdamer+Platz,Berlin,Germany.js?callback=geocodeCallback
http://geocoding.cloudmade.com/BC9A493B41014CAABB98F0471D759707/geocoding/find/hotels+near+Prager+Strasse,Dresden,Germany.html?results=5
http://geocoding.cloudmade.com/BC9A493B41014CAABB98F0471D759707/geocoding/find/Oxford+street,London,United+Kingdom.html?results=5
http://geocoding.cloudmade.com/BC9A493B41014CAABB98F0471D759707/geocoding/find/15,+Landauer+Strasse,+Karlsruhe,+Germany.html

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