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title: "Search and location services | Guides"
description: "Geographic search, IP geolocation, elevation, and coordinate location services."
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# Search and location services

MapTiler location services provide geographic context for your applications and can be used with or without a map. They’re built into our SDKs, but you can also call the API endpoints directly.

## Search and geocoding

Use our search and geocoding service to convert addresses or place names into geographic coordinates (forward geocoding) and coordinates into addresses (reverse geocoding).

-   **Guide:** [Get started with geocoding and search](https://docs.maptiler.com/guides/location-services/geocoding-search/)
-   **Reference:** [Geocoding API](https://docs.maptiler.com/cloud/api/geocoding/)

## IP geolocation

Identify the approximate location of users based on their IP address, so that you can customize their experience with localized content or regional settings.

-   **Guide:** [How to detect and use IP geolocation](https://docs.maptiler.com/guides/location-services/ip-geolocation/)
-   **Reference:** [IP geolocation API](https://docs.maptiler.com/cloud/api/geolocation/)

## Elevation

Retrieve the elevation of specific coordinates or along a path to generate elevation profiles, calculate terrain statistics, or create flood maps.

-   **Guide:** [How to work with elevation](https://docs.maptiler.com/guides/location-services/elevation/)
-   **Reference:** [Elevation API](https://docs.maptiler.com/cloud/api/elevation/)

## Coordinates

Convert coordinates between different spatial reference systems and projections to consolidate them for further use.

-   **Guide:** [Search coordinate systems and convert between them](https://docs.maptiler.com/guides/location-services/coordinates/)
-   **Reference:** [Coordinates API](https://docs.maptiler.com/cloud/api/coordinates/)