An address is a collection of information, presented in a mostly fixed format, used for describing the location of a building, apartment, or other structure or a plot of land, generally using political boundaries and street names as references, along with other identifiers such as house or apartment ...
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Data source for determining postal codes given location?
What is the best data source for determining international postal codes given a latitude & longitude?
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Where are the address ranges in Open Street Map?
I recall coming across some OSM initiative that was proposing to put US address ranges in the data using TIGER (I think). However, I have seen no such ranges in any of the data I have looked at so ...
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Do shapefiles sometimes contain the necessary data for address resolution?
Right now I am doing address resolution with a ESRI file called Street_Addresses_US.loc which works. I have been given a shape file that contains streets that was compiled by the state. Is it ...
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Data Source: Address ranges for every block in NYC
I'm looking for data that defines the address ranges used on NYC blocks. On this screenshoot you can see google has noted the first addresses on each block of West End Avenue and 92nd/93rd/94th st. ...
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Help needed using REGEXP for address string parsing
Using JavaScript, my aim is to create an "intelligent" address search function with a single textbox (rather than separate textboxes for house number, street name, street type, suburb, etc).
I'm ...
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Where can I find a list of non deliverable zip codes
Here is an interesting problem I am facing... There are certain areas within the US where the USPS does not offer postal delivery to those addresses. One example here is my Zipcode 92067 which is ...
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How many kinds of “address” are there? [closed]
I'm defining "address" as "a physical location, usually visibly numbered". Numbered was used in the definition to exclude purely geographical features not usually considered to have or need an ...
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How to automatically create 2D-point features from addresses in an SQL database
I currently have an SQL-Table which contains our buildings. I already added the table and now want to create features ( 2D-Points ) from that information. The biggest problem I have is that the ...
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My house address isn't listed on Google Maps
When I search for my address on Google Maps it cannot be found which means I can't order takeaway etc.
Is there a way of adding my address to Google Maps or even add a street address? I want the ...
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Easy Search of Road or Address in QGIS
Is there an easy way to search for a road name in a polyline layer in QGIS? I'm looking for something like what ArcMap 10.1 has, just a basic search box where I can type in a name and have it give me ...
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Address or reverse geocode a point shapefile
I have a shape file that contains points. I want to do a reverse geocode and give these points an address. Can someone please help me?
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Can I use the Google Geocoding API to parse and standardize address data?
I need to parse single-field addresses into multiple fields such as address number, street name, street type, etc. Esri has the Standardize Addresses tool in the Geocoding Tools toolbox, but I am ...
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Statewide (and more) Address Point data source
I am seeking a data source for a statewide address point layer. I do not need resident or business information at these addresses; I just need the validated structured addresses (preferably with ...
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Looking for a sample dataset of international addresses
I need a test dataset of 100 addresses in each country's local langauge. This is approximately 10,000 addresses. The don't need to be geocoded or resolved to address components. For example,
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Universial addressing systems
There are some grid-based global addressing systems. NAC (Natural Area Code) is licensed (expensive), but I've seen one from Japan which used more interesting honeycomb-like divisions. I cannot find ...
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How can I have my map open in the center of my visitors IP address?
I have a map of all restaurants in Florida. I would like to have the center of the map be the address of the visitors IP. How can I do this?
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Are there any common field names for the FGDC street address standard fields?
I have been looking into implementing the FGDC street address data standards so that my address data is potentially consistent with other US data I obtain in the future. However, the FGDC ...
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Choosing a GIS which imports a list of stage addresses, calculates the route, allows to modify and export it
I'm new to GISs. I'm searching for a GIS to meet following requirements.
I have a list of street addresses [A,B,C,D,E,...], with additional information associated (basically which orders to deliver ...
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How do you geocode addresses that are outside the Address Ranges of your source layer?
Im using TIGER lines to geocode a table of addresses. Say for instance the address range for a street is 1100-1200. What would be the best way to match an address such as 1094?
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ArcGIS 10.1 Crashes when updating address locator
I keep getting a "ArcGIS has encountered a serious error and needs to close" crash dialogue box whenever I try to update an address locator imported from one server to another (updating the location ...
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Open Source Address Correction / Parser with Fuzzy Matching
Here is a a little bit of a detailed question related to address parsing/geocoding which I feel should be interesting to many users.
So, essentially I am curious to know if anyone has had any ...
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What data does ESRI use to create their US_RoofTop locator?
I'm creating address locators to be published on my local ArcGIS server instance and used by various applications. My server does not have access to the internet so I'm unable to use ESRI's online ...
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how to create a dynamic attribute table column measuring distance from center of extent to points in layer?
We are developing a property look up tool for environmental hazards/chemical spills. In layout view we have a circular data extent with a graphic of a target house in the center and some proportional ...
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geocoding addresses specifically into NAD1983 or converting X,Y into 1983 after geocoding
I'm going bananas trying to geocode addresses into a NAD1983.
I have ArcMap 10.1 and I'm using the default address locator (North American 10.0 from arcgis online). No matter how low I set the ...
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How to add address block on Google Mapmaker?
Is it possible to mark a block of addresses for example B-block, xyz colony, which is a logical block of addresses on Google Mapmaker? If possible, how do I do it?
I want to add a polygon feature ...
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Geocode service findAddressCandidates returns no candidates with 10.0 address locator
I posted this on an esri forum but nobody touched it. We've recently updated a geocoding service and I'm now unable to return addresses to my Java application. The old service is built with a 9.3 ...
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Fixing address on TeleAtlas, how long before Google Maps has this information?
I recently submitted information to TeleAtlas and they told me it was accepted and has been added.
When I search on Google Maps the address still does not appear.
Does anyone know how long Google ...
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Using multiple address locators in ArcGIS
I am geocoding millions of addresses for my research (every registered voter in six states). I am using two geocoders: one that is really fast and one that has fewer unmatched addresses when I ...
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How to use Google Maps geocoding with Openlayers?
I'm making a Openlayers map with some shapefile and I have Google Maps base layer. I want to create a text area and a button. When I input a address and click the button, the map should show me the ...
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Creating an Address Locator with a Database of Geo Information
I am trying to build an Address Locator for ArcGIS 10.1. I would like to use a Microsoft Server MySQL database where location information is stored using an alias, an address, and XY coordinates. What ...
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QGIS - Find Locations on GoogleMaps layer - possible?
I'd like to know, if there is a possibility to use a QGIS function/extension to find locations/addresses on the googlemaps-basemap? Or any idea how to do so?
