Create a geocoding web service
In this tutorial, we demonstrate how to create a geocoding index and then serve it in a simple web application.
Dataset
The data we will be using comes from Geonames.
Generate the index
The following workflow will download the Geonames data, decompress it, and finally build the index.
baremaps workflow execute --file examples/geocoding/workflow.js
Serve the data
The following command will serve the Geonames index over HTTP in a simple web application.
baremaps geocoder serve --index geocoder-index --port 9000
Go to http://localhost:9000/ to see it in action.
Conclusion
In this tutorial, we learnt how to create a Geocoding index and serve it in a simple web application. This will be very useful in a map application to find places quickly by writing an address in a prompt.