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Use when a task needs live geographic lookups - "geocode this address", "what's at these coordinates" (reverse geocoding), "lat/lon for this city", "which country/state is this ZIP or postal code in", or "country facts: capital, currency, population, flag". Nominatim (OpenStreetMap) is the geocoding default; Zippopotam for postal codes; APICountries for country facts. All keyless. Do NOT use for weather at a location - use weather-climate instead; do NOT use for country-level statistics over time (GDP, population trends) - use government-open-data instead; if the request is a vague "I need live data", route through public-data-api-picker.

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# Geo & Places Data

Turn place names, addresses, coordinates, and postal codes into structured geography with keyless APIs. The mistake this prevents: reaching for the Google Maps/Places API from training memory - key-walled, billing-enabled - when Nominatim answers the same lookup free, or stalling on which of the dozens of directory-listed geocoders actually works.

## Ranked APIs

1. **Nominatim** (nominatim.openstreetmap.org) - DEFAULT for geocoding and reverse geocoding. OSM data, global, no key. Hard etiquette rules below.
2. **Open-Meteo Geocoder** - city/town name → lat/lon only. Faster and rule-free; use it when the input is a simple settlement name rather than an address or POI.
3. **Zippopotam.us** - postal code → place/state/coordinates, 60+ countries, no key.
4. **APICountries** (www.apicountries.com) - country facts: capital, currencies, languages, population, flags, borders. No key. (It serves the old REST Countries response shape; REST Countries itself now returns deprecation errors keyless - see Do NOT.)

## Procedure

1. **Classify the input**: address/POI → Nominatim search; coordinates → Nominatim reverse; bare city name → Open-Meteo geocoder; postal code → Zippopotam; country name/code → APICountries.
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