# Saylor Innovations Forward Geocoder

> Saylor Innovations Forward Geocoder is a paid API for AI agents from saylorinnovations.com, paid per call via x402, $0.01/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-27).

Converts a free-text address or place name into latitude/longitude coordinates with full address components and bounding box using OpenStreetMap data

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://saylorinnovations.com/api/geocode/forward?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.01/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-27
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/saylor-innovations-forward-geocoder-b1310874
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_ZYkdRyN0IwT-UseRJVSpQ

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability saylor-innovations-forward-geocoder-b1310874
```

Example prompt: Can you geocode '1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington DC' and give me the latitude, longitude, and bounding box?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need to convert free-text addresses or place names into geographic coordinates using globally sourced OpenStreetMap data, especially when you also need structured address components (street, city, postcode, country) and a bounding box. It is well-suited for enriching location data pipelines, powering map pins, or preparing coordinates for routing APIs. At $0.01 USDC per call it is cost-effective for moderate-volume geocoding. Prefer a commercial geocoding provider (Google, HERE) if you need high accuracy for ambiguous or poorly formatted addresses in non-English locales.

## Known failure modes

- Query too vague or ambiguous returns multiple low-confidence results or empty results array
- Misspelled or non-existent address returns zero results
- Non-Latin or rare script place names may return fewer results due to OSM data gaps
- Limit parameter out of range (outside 1–10) may cause a validation error
- Rate limiting or payment failure returns 402 or 429 HTTP errors

## How this service works

Worldwide address and place geocoder on OpenStreetMap data - turns an address or place name into lat/lon with street, city, postcode, country and bounding box

## Output

A JSON object containing the original query as interpreted, the data source (OpenStreetMap), a count of results, and an array of up to 10 matching places each with latitude, longitude, full address components (street, city, postcode, country), and a bounding box defining the geographic extent of the place.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "GET"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "required": [
      "q"
     ],
     "properties": {
      "q": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "Address or place name, e.g. Brandenburger Tor Berlin"
      },
      "limit": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "optional 1-10 (default 5)"
      }
     }
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "json"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object",
     "required": [
      "query",
      "results"
     ],
     "properties": {
      "count": {
       "type": "number",
       "description": "Number of items returned"
      },
      "query": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "The query as the server interpreted it"
      },
      "source": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "Data source the values come from"
      },
      "results": {
       "type": "array",
       "description": "List of matching results"
      }
     }
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/saylor-innovations-forward-geocoder-b1310874/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from saylorinnovations.com](https://www.zero.xyz/host/saylorinnovations.com/llms.txt)