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Radar Search API Alternative for Geographic Features, Places, and AI Intent
Search locations and physical-world features with EDK using text, categories, polygons, proximity, routes, and semantic geographic intent.
Search a broader universe of geographic entities
Use EDK for addresses and places, then extend the same query pattern into utilities, buildings, civic records, transportation, hazards, natural features, and other domain data. The search layer can grow with the product without changing its core interface.
Combine text with hard spatial constraints
A keyword can be filtered by viewport, radius, polygon, administrative region, route corridor, or reachable area. Developers decide whether geography should strictly constrain the results or simply bias ranking. EDK keeps this capability connected to the rest of the geographic workflow.
Use semantic search for domain-specific intent
AI can translate phrases such as “industrial sites with strong highway access” into categories and explicit spatial conditions. EDK executes those conditions and returns the actual features rather than a prose-only answer.
Search from the map itself
Current bounds, selected objects, drawn polygons, and clicked points can become query inputs. This supports exploratory products where the user navigates geography visually and expects results to update with the map. EDK keeps this capability connected to the rest of the geographic workflow.
Use network reach as a search dimension
Find locations inside an isochrone, along a route, or within a detour budget. This adds practical accessibility to the search layer for mobility, logistics, travel, and field operations. EDK keeps this capability connected to the rest of the geographic workflow.
Blend private and public-world results
Combine EDK features with company stores, assets, territories, or customer data and rank them together. The application can search its own network and the surrounding world through one geographic experience.
Turn results into computed rankings
Run density, nearest, counts, intersections, or other spatial metrics after the candidate set is found. Search can feed site scoring, market analysis, coverage planning, and other location-intelligence workflows. EDK keeps this capability connected to the rest of the geographic workflow.
Expose the same search primitives to MCP agents
Human interfaces and AI agents can share the same structured search objects. An agent can resolve intent, call search, inspect results, and continue into routes or compute without maintaining a separate geographic knowledge base. EDK keeps this capability connected to the rest of the geographic workflow.
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