OpenCage Geocoding Guides - recipes for common developer geocoder tasks

Examples and recipes for common developer use cases and questions

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Formatting your query
- Clean up your queries to get the results you need.
Speed up your geocoding
- Run your geocoding faster.
Geocoding accuracy
- Is this the result you're looking for?
Limit API results to a certain country or region
- Only get the geocoding results you need.
Geocoding and postal codes
- Common questions and misunderstandings related to postal codes
Putting results on a map
- How to display geocoding results on a map.
Browser Geolocation
- Determine a user's location with browser geolocation.
Migrating from Nominatim
- Switch to OpenCage from Nominatim
Migrating from Google Maps
- Switch to OpenCage from Google Maps geocoding
Build or Buy?
- Should you write your own geocoder?
Writing an SDK
- Step-by-step guide to writing an SDK for our geocoding API
Protect your API key
- Best practices for keeping your API key safe.