Turn a place name into coordinates the moment you log it
Geocoding a place by hand is a tiny task that breaks your focus every time. When you add a new location row in Notion, Notis fetches its latitude and longitude so the coordinates are ready for any location-filtered news search.
Trigger
New Page
Action
Get Geo Coordinates
Find a place’s latitude and longitude from its name or address.
Why this helps
Manually looking up coordinates for locations breaks concentration and leaves records incomplete when the lookup is skipped.
- Fills in coordinates without a manual map search.
- Prepares locations for location-scoped news queries.
- Keeps location records complete and consistent.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Notion and World News API to Notis once from the portal.
- 2In Automations, click New Automation and name it 'Place to coordinates'.
- 3Describe the outcome, for example: 'When a new location row is added, look up its latitude and longitude and reply with the coordinates.'
- 4Choose the New Page in database trigger for your locations database.
- 5Set the reporting channel, then add one place to confirm the coordinates come back.
Questions about this workflow
What does this return?
The latitude and longitude for the location name, which you can use to fill a location filter in later news searches.
Can I chain it into a news search?
Describe both steps in your instruction and Notis can geocode first, then use the coordinates to query news.
What if the place name is ambiguous?
Add the region or country in the row so Notis resolves the intended location.
When this happens · Trigger
Fires when a new comment is created in the accessible workspace.
Do this · Action
Find a place’s latitude and longitude from its name or address.
Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Notion to World News API. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Notion triggers
World News API actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Extract News Article
Extracts a public article for 2 points, plus 2 with analysis; paywalled or login-protected pages may be incomplete.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Extract News Links
Extract article links from a news homepage or section; an empty result is successful.
Comment Created
Fires when a new comment is created in the accessible workspace.
Get Geo Coordinates
Find a place’s latitude and longitude from its name or address.
Database Created
Fires when a new database container is created.
Generate RSS Feed
Generates an RSS 2.0 feed from a public news page; costs 1 point, plus 0.5 per item if extraction is enabled.
Data Source Created
Fires when a new data source is created in the workspace.
Search News Sources
Find monitored news sources by partial name and view their URLs and languages.
Data Source Schema Updated
Fires when a data source’s columns are added, removed, or renamed.
Get News by IDs
Retrieves full article records by their IDs; costs 0.1 quota points per returned article.
Page Content Updated
Fires when the body content of an accessible page is updated.
Get Top News
View relevance-ranked top news clusters for a country and language.
Page Created
Fires when a new page is created in the accessible workspace.
Search News
Searches indexed news, returning one page for 1 point plus 0.01 per article; free history is about a month.
Conditions and details
Requires at least one anchor filter to search; date, sentiment and text-match criteria can only refine an anchored search. Returns one offset page of indexed news articles. The cost is 1 point plus 0.01 points per returned article. Free accounts can search about one month of history.
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Notion and World News API, or any other combination from 1,500+ integrations.
When this happens · Trigger
Do this · Action
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