Mapzen and R

mapzen.R

library(httr)
library(jsonlite)

# API documentation: https://github.com/pelias/pelias-doc/blob/master/search.md
base_url <- "https://search.mapzen.com/v1/search"
res <- GET(base_url, query = list(text = "Durham, NC", api_key = "PUT KEY HERE"))
json <- content(res, as = "text")
results <- fromJSON(json)$features

head(results)
# type                    properties.id                              properties.gid properties.layer
# 1 Feature  14343:adm2:us:usa:durham_county   qs:county:14343:adm2:us:usa:durham_county           county
# 2 Feature     18174:locality:us:usa:durham    qs:locality:18174:locality:us:usa:durham         locality
# 3 Feature                          4464368                         gn:locality:4464368         locality
# 4 Feature 5051e55936bc4553bf759398ab959e94 oa:address:5051e55936bc4553bf759398ab959e94          address
# 5 Feature 56b3482a1ee34dab9a0c2a03dec89997 oa:address:56b3482a1ee34dab9a0c2a03dec89997          address
# 6 Feature 153d1fe5cff64ad784f7c59f16404965 oa:address:153d1fe5cff64ad784f7c59f16404965          address
#
# properties.source properties.name properties.country_a properties.country properties.region
# 1                qs   Durham County                  USA      United States    North Carolina
# 2                qs          Durham                  USA      United States    North Carolina
# 3                gn          Durham                  USA      United States    North Carolina
# 4                oa  0 Durham Drive                  USA      United States    North Carolina
# 5                oa   0 Durham Road                  USA      United States    North Carolina
# 6                oa   0 Durham Road                  USA      United States    North Carolina
#
# properties.region_a properties.county properties.confidence               properties.label
# 1                  NC     Durham County                 0.898              Durham County, NC
# 2                  NC     Durham County                 0.729      Durham, Durham County, NC
# 3                  NC     Durham County                 0.729      Durham, Durham County, NC
# 4                  NC       Wake County                 0.664  0 Durham Drive, Pinewinds, NC
# 5                  NC       Wake County                 0.664 0 Durham Road, Wake County, NC
# 6                  NC       Wake County                 0.664 0 Durham Road, Wake Forest, NC
#
# properties.locality properties.housenumber properties.street properties.postalcode
# 1                <NA>                   <NA>              <NA>                  <NA>
# 2                <NA>                   <NA>              <NA>                  <NA>
# 3              Durham                   <NA>              <NA>                  <NA>
# 4                <NA>                      0      Durham Drive                 27529
# 5                <NA>                      0       Durham Road                 00000
# 6         Wake Forest                      0       Durham Road                 27587
#
# properties.neighbourhood geometry.type geometry.coordinates
# 1                     <NA>         Point  -78.87633, 36.03598
# 2                     <NA>         Point  -78.90511, 35.98051
# 3                     <NA>         Point  -78.89862, 35.99403
# 4                Pinewinds         Point  -78.64472, 35.72532
# 5                     <NA>         Point  -78.66456, 35.98056
# 6                Brookview         Point  -78.51777, 35.97947