Check the Setup
- Python 3.10 or newer
- An internet connection
- The requests Python package
Microproduct Data GuideBeginner
Photon Place Search
OpenStreetMap-based Photon place-search results for adding small-scale geocoding to a map application.
Report a ProblemAt a Glance
- Difficulty
- Beginner — comfortable for a first prototype
- Size
- Tiny · ≤0.001 GB
- Formats
- GeoJSON
- Access
- API
- API Key
- Not Required
- Provider
- Komoot Photon
- Updates
- Occasional
- Last Verified
- Sep 28, 2026
- Source Type
- Company Source
- Python Syntax Checked
- Runnable Notebook
From Source to Product Signal
Test a Product Idea in Four Steps
Komoot's public Photon demo answers small place searches without a key. Start with one query and two results; the demo may throttle heavy use and has no availability guarantee, while OpenStreetMap attribution still applies.
Access the Data
- 1.Read the Photon public demo policy and OpenStreetMap data terms.
- 2.Search for one place with a two-result limit.
- 3.Inspect each candidate's name and coordinates before using it.
3
Run the Python Example
Install the packages, then run the notebook cell.
python -m pip install requests
import requests
response = requests.get(
"https://photon.komoot.io/api/",
params={"q": "Zurich", "limit": 2},
headers={"User-Agent": "TrilemmaDataCatalog/1.0"}, timeout=20,
)
response.raise_for_status()
for place in response.json()["features"]:
print(place["properties"].get("name"), place["geometry"]["coordinates"])4
Test a Useful Signal
Search for Map Destinations
Show two geocoding candidates with their source coordinates.
- 01Query one place name with a bounded result count.
- 02Display candidate labels and coordinates for user selection.
- 03Explain that similarly named places require location confirmation.
Dataset Details
Komoot Photon is a company source. Last verified 2026-09-28. Temporal coverage: current Photon search index.
Domains
Data Types
Geography
Formats
Provider
Komoot Photon
Data Terms
Komoot permits reasonable free use of its public demo without uptime guarantees; OpenStreetMap-derived data requires ODbL attribution and share-alike compliance.