Search for duplicate places

Search for similar places that might be duplicates of a given place.

Currently only the geographical location and title and are considered to find similar, already existing entries in the database.

Returns a list of possible duplicates for the given place.

Request body

titlestring required

descriptionstring required

latnumber double required

Geographic latitude (in degrees)

lngnumber double required

Geographic longitude (in degrees)

streetstring

zipstring

citystring

countrystring

statestring

contact_namestring

The full name of a person.

emailstring

An e-mail address.

telephonestring

homepagestring

opening_hoursstring

The opening hours in OpenStreetMap format.

Specification: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:opening_hours

Reference implementations: https://github.com/opening-hours/

Generator tool: https://projets.pavie.info/yohours/

The service trims leading/trailing whitespaces and stores values as is. Values are currently not validated against the OSM format syntax!

founded_onstring date

The date on which an organization, initiative, or company has been founded or established.

categoriesstring[]

tagsTag[]

image_urlstring

image_link_urlstring

licensestring

Example request

{
  "lat": 37.2,
  "lng": 120.7,
  "contact_name": "John Smith",
  "email": "john.smith@example.com",
  "telephone": "001 123456789",
  "homepage": "https://www.slowtec.de/",
  "opening_hours": "24/7",
  "founded_on": "1945-10-24",
  "tags": [
    "organic",
    "non-profit"
  ],
  "image_url": "https://www.slowtec.de/",
  "image_link_url": "https://www.slowtec.de/",
  "links": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.slowtec.de/"
    }
  ],
  "license": "ODbL-1.0"
}

Response

Successful response

idstring

Identifier of a resource

status'created' | 'confirmed' | 'rejected' | 'archived'

created = initial status of each revision
confirmed/rejected = after positive/negative review
archived = final status

latnumber double

Geographic latitude (in degrees)

lngnumber double