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Val Nov's profile image
Val Nov posted 02-13-2025 03:30 AM

Hello,

During the analysis of the ASCI Hazard Tool API documentation, I was wondering if there is a way to send Street Address or a ZIP code instead of Latitude and Longitude.

If there is no way to send desired data, could you please advise how to best convert Street Address into Latitude and Longitude values?

Thank you in advance!

Leslie Connelly's profile image
Leslie Connelly posted 02-13-2025 10:34 AM

Hi Val, 

I am not an engineer, but I reached out to our Hazard Tool developer, and here is response I received:

  1. No, the API only accepts latitude and longitude.
  2. There are any number of ways to do this online; here are just 3:
    1. https://www.latlong.net/convert-address-to-lat-long.html is a webtool that does exactly what the URL says.
    2. You can go to Google Maps and right click any location, and a popup will provide you with the lat/long of where you clicked.
    3. You can go to the Hazard Tool, enter an address, choose a hazard and RC, and click Get Results; the lat/long will be included in the results

Hope this helps!