Open Data · head-to-head
French Address Search vs InfraNode
geo.api.gouv.fr's address search now redirects to Etalab's Base Adresse Nationale API at api-adresse.data.gouv.fr, which geocodes and reverse-geocodes French addresses down to the housing-unit level from the country's authoritative address registry. Responses come back as GeoJSON FeatureCollections scored by match confidence, and the service is free and keyless for reasonable use.
InfraNode unifies open data for dozens of German cities into a single versioned REST API, covering weather, air quality, EV charging, public-transit departures, demographics, and dozens of other civic datasets. Every endpoint is keyless and rate-limited per IP rather than gated behind a subscription ("Die API ist offen und braucht keinen API-Key"), with an OpenAPI spec and Postman collection published for quick integration. The project is open source (Apache-2.0) and runs on a server in Germany with no ads.
| French Address Search | InfraNode | |
|---|---|---|
| Authentication | None | None |
| Pricing | free | free |
| Formats | GeoJSON | JSON |
| CORS | yes | yes |
| HTTPS | Yes | Yes |