placekey
Utilities for working with Placekeys
Decision gist · record as of 2026-08-14
Yes, if you need Placekey integration. The package is stable (no known vulnerabilities), has low install friction, and the permissive license poses no risk. However, the aging maintenance status (540 days since last release) and reliance on an external service for API features mean you should verify that the Placekey service itself meets your availability and support expectations before committing to it as a core dependency.AI-flagged interpretation of the facts on this page — verify before relying
Before you install
- macOS Big Sur may require `brew install geos` before shapely installs successfully.
- Low friction: pure Python wheel with no compiled dependencies beyond shapely (which may require system GEOS on macOS Big Sur).
- Aging maintenance status—last release 540 days ago—but no active vulnerabilities and Python 3.8+ support remains current.
License · maintenance · safety
permissive license (permissive) — Apache 2.0 permissive license allows commercial and private use with minimal restrictions; suitable for most projects.
last release 2025-02-20 (540 days)
0 known vulnerabilities (OSV.dev, 2026-08-14) · 86,504 downloads/mo, #13,857 on PyPI
Alternatives
Verify before relying
pip install placekey
import placekey as pk
# Convert lat/long to Placekey
placekey = pk.geo_to_placekey(37.7371, -122.44283)
print(placekey) # '@5vg-82n-kzz'
# Convert Placekey back to coordinates
lat, lon = pk.placekey_to_geo('@5vg-82n-kzz')
print(lat, lon)- Whether the API client requires an active Placekey API key and whether free tier access is available.
- Current state of the Placekey service itself and whether the API endpoints remain stable.
- Performance characteristics for batch operations on large DataFrames via the pandas integration.
What it is and what it does
Placekey-py is a Python client for the Placekey location encoding system, which assigns unique identifiers to geographic places based on coordinates or addresses. The library provides three main functions: local conversion between Placekeys and latitude-longitude pairs or H3 indices (no network calls required), distance calculations between Placekeys, and an API client for batch geocoding through the Placekey service. The API client handles rate limiting automatically and integrates with pandas for bulk operations.
The package depends on h3, shapely, requests, ratelimit, backoff, boto3, and pandas. It's useful for teams that need a standardized location identifier across datasets or systems, or for accessing Placekey's public datasets stored in S3. The local conversion functions work offline, while the API client requires authentication and network access.
Use it for
- Standardize location data across multiple datasets by converting addresses or coordinates to Placekeys for consistent joins.
- Batch geocode addresses through the Placekey API with automatic rate limiting and confidence scores.
- Calculate distances between locations encoded as Placekeys without repeated coordinate lookups.
- Access and download Placekey's free public datasets (e.g., business locations) from S3.
- Validate Placekey format in data pipelines before downstream processing.
Worth the install?
AI-flagged interpretation of the facts on this page. Verify before relying on it.
Yes, if you need Placekey integration.
The package is stable (no known vulnerabilities), has low install friction, and the permissive license poses no risk. However, the aging maintenance status (540 days since last release) and reliance on an external service for API features mean you should verify that the Placekey service itself meets your availability and support expectations before committing to it as a core dependency.
Install
placekey on PyPI
Before you install
Low friction: pure Python wheel with no compiled dependencies beyond shapely (which may require system GEOS on macOS Big Sur). Aging maintenance status—last release 540 days ago—but no active vulnerabilities and Python 3.8+ support remains current.
macOS Big Sur may require `brew install geos` before shapely installs successfully.
License in practice
Apache 2.0 permissive license allows commercial and private use with minimal restrictions; suitable for most projects.
Quickstart
pip install placekey
import placekey as pk
# Convert lat/long to Placekey
placekey = pk.geo_to_placekey(37.7371, -122.44283)
print(placekey) # '@5vg-82n-kzz'
# Convert Placekey back to coordinates
lat, lon = pk.placekey_to_geo('@5vg-82n-kzz')
print(lat, lon)Verify before relying
- Whether the API client requires an active Placekey API key and whether free tier access is available.
- Current state of the Placekey service itself and whether the API endpoints remain stable.
- Performance characteristics for batch operations on large DataFrames via the pandas integration.
Package facts
| License | permissive license permissive |
| Python support | Supports the current Python release >=3.8 |
| Install friction | Low. Pure-Python wheel |
| Runtime dependencies | 7 packagesh3shapelyrequestsratelimitbackoffboto3pandas |
| Maintenance | Aging 540 days since the last release |
| First released | |
| Downloads | 86,504 / month, #13,857 on PyPI 30-day window, as of 2026-08-14 |
| Known vulnerabilities | None known OSV.dev, checked 2026-08-14 |
| Classifiers | License :: OSI Approved :: Apache Software LicenseOperating System :: OS IndependentProgramming Language :: Python :: 3 |
Evidence: placekey-0.0.36-py3-none-any.whl
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