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24 alternatives to PlacesAPI

Turn any HTML input into an instant location lookup

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. PlacesAPI launched in 2022; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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    Intelligent address autocomplete for any <input>

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    PlaceKit▲159

    Worldwide geocoding API and address autocomplete

    2023 · its alternatives →

  3. 3PG

    We’re thrilled to announce PlaceKit, a worldwide geocoding API and toolkit! It’s the successor of Algolia Places, a discontinued product. Nico (my co-founder) and I worked at Algolia for 3 and 6 years respectively before launching PlaceKit. Unlike big competitors Google Places and Mapbox, it’s a single REST API, with a unique and transparent per-request pricing. PlaceKit combines OpenStreetMap, local datasets and the Algolia engine into a unique sub 50ms worldwide address search. We’ve made our JS libraries from scratch to make them lightweight, customizable, and compatible with any stack.…

    2023 · placekit.io · its alternatives →

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    Building blocks for creating great search

    2014 · its alternatives →

  5. 5

    JavaScript UI library for building great search experiences

    2015 · its alternatives →

  6. 6

    For when you really need to GTFO

    2019 · its alternatives →

  7. 7

    Give users powerful AI search & chat for your site/docs 🔎✨

    2024 · its alternatives →

  8. 8

    Build beautiful Search UX in Swift & Objective-C

    2017 · its alternatives →

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    Find a meeting point based on place type

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    SearchApi▲103

    Real-time search engines results API

    2024 · its alternatives →

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    The easiest way to add lightning-fast search to React apps

    2016 · its alternatives →

  12. 12PI
  13. 13

    AI copilot for all apps, use ChatGPT without copy-pasting

    2023 · its alternatives →

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    Spott▲93

    Simple API to search geographical places.

    2019 · its alternatives →

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    Free, fast and reliable IP geolocation API

    2023 · its alternatives →

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    Instantly search across your entire Twitter history

    2020 · its alternatives →

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    Join Places Data Seamlessly

    2023 · its alternatives →

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    Bringing instant search results to 300K+ store owners

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    An interactive search experience for conference videos

    2017 · its alternatives →

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    Mark on a map countries you have lived, been & want to go to

    2016 · its alternatives →

  21. 21SL

    I find myself often texting people, "where are you?" so I wrote this little iPhone app that lets me text them a special link. When they click the link, it uses the HTML5 geolocation API to report their location and shows it on a map. http://whru.at/ It's only as accurate as the HTML5 geolocation API, but I've been finding it pretty useful. What do you think?

    2012 · its alternatives →

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    Iggy API▲182

    Build location data into your apps, fast, try for free

    2021 · its alternatives →

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    Listado▲113

    Launch your own location based curation app in days

    2018 · its alternatives →

  24. 24PA

    Hi, HN, I'm Roshan and I'm part of the team that's launching the Placekey today at https:&#x2F;&#x2F;placekey.io. It is a free and open universal standard identifier we built so that data pertaining to places can be shared across organizations easily. A Placekey is a short identifier that has Address and POI sections detailing What is at a place and a section describing Where on the globe the place is. Eventually, there will be a Placekey for every place in the world, even those without postal addresses. US geospatial data from a large array of partners…

    2020 · its alternatives →

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