![]() For example, a rideshare company would use forward geocoding to enable the user to search for his or her destination (as a human-readable address), then visualize that address on a map (using geographic coordinates).Ĭustomers use reverse geocoding to determine the physical address of vehicles, packages, and people. Mapbox allows both Temporary and Permanent geocoding results to be displayed on a map from any vendor – unlike Google there is no “lock in” that limits display of geocoding data to our maps.Ĭustomers use forward geocoding to analyze and visualize address data. However, with permanent geocoding, they can cache these addresses, improving performance of their app and saving on requests. Without permanent geocoding, they may have to make 100’s of calls for the same addresses every time the user loads the page. This means that customers use Permanent Geocoding to save costs and improve performance for scenarios in which the same data needs to be geocoded repeatedly.įor example, an in-browser BI company may need to repeatedly load a map of their end users’s warehouse locations. Mapbox also offers the unique ability for customers to permanently store address and coordinate data served via the Geocoding API. This is useful for short-lived mapping applications, like showing a user where their destination is on a map. Temporary geocoding allows a forward or reverse geocoding search to be retrieved and displayed immediately. ![]()
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