Reverse geocoding

Google reverse geocode using longitude and latitude to street address

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Overview

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

Example

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.

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Attributes

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