Geocode with the OpenCage API, either from place name to longitude and latitude (forward geocoding) or from longitude and latitude to the name and address of the location (reverse geocoding).

You can install {opencage} from CRAN, R-universe or GitHub like this:

• Release version from CRAN

  install.packages("opencage")

• Development version from R-universe

  install.packages(
    "opencage", 
    repos = c("https://ropensci.r-universe.dev", getOption("repos"))
  )

• Development version from GitHub with {pak}

  pak::pak("ropensci/opencage")

  or with {remotes}

  remotes::install_github("ropensci/opencage")

For the best experience, we recommend that you read through the “Introduction to opencage” vignette (vignette("opencage")), but if you are in a hurry:

1. Register at opencagedata.com/users/sign_up.
2. Generate an API key at the OpenCage dashboard.
3. Save your API key as an environment variable like OPENCAGE_KEY=yourkey in .Renviron. See help(oc_config) for alternative ways to set your OpenCage API key.

Now you are ready to turn place names into latitude and longitude coordinates:

library(opencage)
oc_forward_df(placename = "Sarzeau")

Or turn a set of coordinates into the name and address of the location:

oc_reverse_df(latitude = 51.5034070, longitude = -0.1275920)

But remember, the vignettes are really great! We have:

• “Introduction to opencage” vignette("opencage")
• “Customise your query” vignette("customise_query")
• “Output options” vignette("output_options")

The OpenCage API supports forward and reverse geocoding. Sources of OpenCage are open geospatial data including OpenStreetMap, DataScienceToolkit, GeoPlanet, Natural Earth Data, libpostal, GeoNames, and Flickr’s shapefiles plus a whole lot more besides. Refer to the current full list of credits.

Please note that this package is released with a Contributor Code of Conduct. By contributing to this project, you agree to abide by its terms.