Autofill an address from a map link, an address or a Plus Code

On the household form, above the address fields, Laberty can fill in a street address from something you paste. It works for everyone with nothing to set up — no Google account or key is needed. Typing the address by hand always works too.

What you can paste

• A map link from Google Maps, Apple Maps, OpenStreetMap, Bing Maps or Waze — the long link or the short one (maps.app.goo.gl/..., maps.apple/p/...).
• An address typed or pasted as it is, like 123 Main St, Denver, CO 80202.
• A message that contains an address — an email signature, a wedding-invitation line. Laberty finds the address in it.
• A Plus Code — a full one like 8FVC9G8F+6W (8 characters, then +).
• Coordinates, as latitude,longitude (for example 40.7128,-74.0060).

what3words locations (///word.word.word) can't be turned into an address here — open it in what3words and copy the street address it shows.

Using it

1. On Add household or a household's own page, paste into the box above the address fields.
2. Press Look up address.
3. Laberty fills in the fields and tells you where the address came from, for example "from the Apple Maps link", or "the map pin in the OpenStreetMap link (nearest address on OpenStreetMap) - please check every field".
4. Check it, then press Create household or Save changes. Nothing is saved until you do.

Address line 2 (apartment, suite, unit) is only filled in when you pasted one; a map pin can't know it.

How it decides (and who sees what)

Laberty always tries the cheapest way first, in this order:

1. Reading what you pasted. If the link or text already spells out the address, that is used as it is — nothing leaves Laberty and no AI action is used.
2. A map pin (coordinates in a link, a Plus Code, typed coordinates) is turned into the nearest street address by OpenStreetMap's free Nominatim service, which is shown the coordinates. If your Laberty has a Google Maps key set up, Google may be asked instead; if that key ever fails, Laberty quietly carries on with OpenStreetMap.
3. Messy text (no clear address, non-US formats, a message with an address buried in it) goes through the AI helper, which may only rearrange what you actually pasted — it is told never to invent or complete an address, and anything it returns that isn't in your text is thrown away. This uses one AI action, like other AI features, and is marked "estimated by AI — please check". Where the text has no digits at all (nothing to build an address from) the AI isn't used.
4. A place name only (a link that has just a name, no pin or address) is searched on OpenStreetMap.

Short links are opened by Laberty only to see where they lead (a few redirects at most, with a time limit); links that lead to private or internal addresses are refused.

If it doesn't work

• "couldn't find a street address in that" — the paste had no address Laberty could read. Type the address in, or paste a link from the map's own Share button.
• A short Plus Code with a city (like CWC8+R9 Kolkata) needs a Google Maps key to work. Use the full code, the address, or a map link instead.
• "found that spot but no street address near it" — the pin is somewhere with no mapped address (a field, a lake).
• "AI limit reached" — the AI step is used up for your plan this month. Addresses that are spelled out and map pins still work; only messy text needs the AI.
• Lookups are limited to 20 an hour per workspace, to keep this friendly to the free map service.

Business

The Google Maps key is optional now: only set one if you want Google to look up map pins on your own quota (the admin Users page, "Your own AI keys"). POST /admin/households/geocode is an admin-only page endpoint, not part of the public API — it isn't listed in the API reference.