# Strale Address Geocoder

> Strale Address Geocoder is a paid API for AI agents from api.strale.io, paid per call via x402, $0.0216/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).

Converts a human-readable address or place name into geographic coordinates (latitude/longitude) with a cryptographic audit trail.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://api.strale.io/x402/v2/address-geocode
- Price: $0.0216/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/strale-address-geocoder-a5bbd30b
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_c5w1ZC6pjU1B8egTR4f1I

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 strale-address-geocoder-a5bbd30b
```

Example prompt: Can you geocode '1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20500' and give me the latitude and longitude?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need geocoding with a built-in cryptographic audit trail for compliance, traceability, or trust verification — particularly in agentic workflows where every data call must be logged and verifiable. Useful when operating across the 27 countries Strale covers and when you want a single unified API that combines geocoding with Strale's broader trust infrastructure rather than integrating a standalone geocoding provider.

## Known failure modes

- Address not found or too ambiguous — returns an error or empty result
- Malformed address string — may return no match or low-confidence result
- Non-existent or fictional address — geocoder returns null coordinates
- Rate limiting or payment failure — request rejected with 402 or 429 status
- Address outside supported country coverage — may return no result

## How this service works

Convert an address to geographic coordinates (latitude/longitude). Also returns structured address components and bounding box via OpenStreetMap Nominatim.

## Output

Returns geographic coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the given address or place name, along with a structured JSON response including a formatted/normalized address and a cryptographic audit record with chain hashing for verifiability.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "required": [
  "address"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "address": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "Address or place name to geocode"
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "latitude": {
  "type": "number"
 },
 "longitude": {
  "type": "number"
 },
 "place_type": {
  "type": "string"
 },
 "bounding_box": {
  "type": "object"
 },
 "display_name": {
  "type": "string"
 },
 "importance_score": {
  "type": "number"
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/strale-address-geocoder-a5bbd30b/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from api.strale.io](https://www.zero.xyz/host/api.strale.io/llms.txt)