Reverse geocoding

Google reverse geocode using longitude and latitude to street address

Overview

Reverse geocoding using provided longitude and latitude to gain a human-readable street address.

Example & DSL attributes

reverse geocoding:
  name: googleLookup
  apiKey: BJazSyDCKmFA1bTBjAp4beYMp7sVVSAqfBtNeuZ0
  response field: currentLocation

Google Geocode Requests

Joule calls the Google geocode api directly using the provided api key and latitude and longitude provided attributes.

Google Geocode request used

https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json?latlng=40.714224,-73.961452&key=YOUR_API_KEY

Note Be aware a high frequency of google api calls will incur high charges against your google project. Joule will cache responses based upon matching latlng to reduce calls.

Response

This is a direct Google Geocode API request which places the response payload in the response field. Further details on what is returned can be found here.

Attributes schema

Attribute	Description	Data Type	Required
name	Descriptive name of the processor function	String Default: Random UUID
apiKey	Your Google billing project API key	String
response field	Custom field name to place result of search lookup	String Default: geoLocation
latitude field	Custom field name to gain longitude dimension	String Default: latitude
longitude field	Custom field name to gain longitude dimension	String Default: longitude