Rectangle Search Request

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Parameters

Below are request and response parameters that are unique to a Rectangle Search. Refer to the Common Parameters page for information on request and response parameters common in all searches.

Request Parameters

Name Description
boundingBox
Bounding Box		 This is the bounding box that makes up the search rectangle's corners. A boundingBox takes exactly two points, the top left and bottom right. It then calculates a rectangle based on those corners and searches the area inside.

This is a required parameter if the locations parameter is not supplied!
locations
Location[]		 This parameter will take exactly two locations (addresses or IP addresses) to use to determine the search rectangle's upper left and lower right corners.

This is a required parameter if the boundingBox parameter is not supplied!

Response Parameters

Name Description JSON Example Return Value(s) XML Example Return Value(s)
boundingBox
BoundingBox		 The bounding box that makes up the rectangle boundary search, either entered in the request, or created from the provided locations in the request (This is only returned is a boundingBox was given). 

boundingBox: {
  ul: {
	lng: -76.730422
	lat: 40.078811
  },
  lr: {
	lng: -76.329994
	lat: 39.961879
  }
}

          
<boundingBox>
  <ul>
	<lat>40.078811</lat>
	<lng>-76.730422</lng>
  </ul>
  <lr>
	<lat>40.078811</lat>
	<lng>-76.730422</lng>
  </lr>
</boundingBox>
locations
Location[2]		 This is two location nodes that make up the request's bounding box (This is only returned is locations was given). 

{
  "geocodeQualityCode":"A5XAX",
  "type":"s",
  "adminArea3":"PA",
  "street":"",
  "dragPoint":false,
  "sideOfStreet":"N",
  "adminArea4Type":"County",
  "adminArea3Type":"State",
  "postalCode":"",
  "latLng":{
	"lat":40.0378,
	"lng":-76.305801
  },
  "adminArea1":"US",
  "adminArea5Type":"City",
  "adminArea1Type":"Country",
  "adminArea5":"Lancaster",
  "adminArea4":"Lancaster County",
  "linkId":0,
  "geocodeQuality":"CITY"
}


<origin>
  <street/>
  <adminArea5 type="City">
	Lancaster
  </adminArea5>
  <adminArea3 type="State">
	PA
  </adminArea3>
  <adminArea4 type="County">
	Lancaster County
  </adminArea4>
  <postalCode/>
  <adminArea1 type="Country">
	US
  </adminArea1>
  <geocodeQuality>
	CITY
  </geocodeQuality>
  <geocodeQualityCode>
	A5XAX
  </geocodeQualityCode>
  <dragPoint>false</dragPoint>
  <sideOfStreet>N</sideOfStreet>
  <linkId>0</linkId>
  <type>s</type>
  <latLng>
	<lat>40.0378</lat>
	<lng>-76.305801</lng>
  </latLng>
</origin>

 

Advanced Rectangle Search Sample


Options Value(s)
Bounding Box:
Locations:
Ambiguities:
Units:
Max Matches:
Shape format:
Current Page:
Page Size:
Input Format:
Output Format:
Map Data:
Hosted Data:
Remote Data:

(Output will be displayed below)


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