Find places and complete addresses

Two related but separate actions turn a name into coordinates, or coordinates into a name.

Find a place (geocoding)

Position → Find Place… searches for a place name or address and inserts a new position at the result.

Complete a postal address (reverse geocoding)

Position → Complete… → Postal Address does the opposite: for the selected positions, it looks up the coordinates and fills the description with a postal address.

Where the data comes from

Both actions try the same sources in order, and use the first one that answers:

1. Mapsforge — the offline map and its point-of-interest data, if the area is downloaded.
2. Google Maps — Google Edition only. See Google API keys.
3. Nominatim and Photon — OpenStreetMap-based services, no key required.
4. GeoNames — a last-resort online lookup.