The process of converting coordinates (latitude, longitude) into human readable names of locations, such as an address (perhaps partial) or other brief descriptive text.
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add a Custom search to an openlayers map
I have looked at this thread: add location search to openlayers map
But it is not the result that I am trying to achieve.
Probably best if i show you: ...
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Free application or web service for reverse geocoding
I'm looking for a fast and free web service or local application (this it would be better, a local service with database of street, numbers, city, etc.) for reverse geocoding.
I could use google but ...
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Self hosted, highly accurate, address geocoding?
I'm working on an app that requires Rooftop level accuracy coupled with very high volumes. The client would prefer to self-host the solution which might not be a bad idea considering our volume and ...
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Reverse geocoding to get city, state, country data separately?
I have longitude and latitude data. I need to reverse geocode to get city, state, country data separately.
I have checked google service.
Google provides complete address to a micro level. ...
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Geopy Error with Reverse Geocoding
I am using Geopy. I get following error for the code.
I have using the same code as on https://code.google.com/p/geopy/wiki/ReverseGeocoding
from geopy import geocoders
g = geocoders.GeoNames()
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Stopping the automatic snap to locator in Arcgis 10.0 reverse geocode
I built a network application using arcgis 10.0 sdk for wpf. The application uses a locator of highway milestones to reverse geocode (and identify) the "flag" the user clicked on the map.
My Problem ...
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What Reliable Reverse Geocoding API Can I Use?
I am working in a company where our team requirement is to do reverse geocoding lookups. Below is our requirement.
To give you more background, the 3 geolocation-related needs I have are as follows:
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What reliable GeoCoding service would you recommend me?
I'm looking for a web service providing a full address based on coordinates (and reverse).
I'm ready to pay for that service.
I don't want to use Google's API.
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Comparison of geocoding solutions (such as Gisgraphy & PostGIS 2.0)
As I am sure many of you are aware, PostGIS has finally released Version 2.0 and included within this version they have also built a geocoder (see: http://postgis.refractions.net/docs/Extras.html).
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How to Input Street Addresses to Output the Corresponding Political Districts by using Shape files
I understand this is all free advice here in this wonderful exchange but I want to say that if what I am asking is above and beyond free, we can discuss offline a small consultative gig for you by ...
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Given (lon,lat), how can I quickly retrieve the containing administrative region?
Given a coordinate (lon,lat), I'd like to retrieve the containing administrative region (state/province level) for an offline mobile application. The method employed needs to be fast/efficient. ...
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Given a known batch of mobile-obtained gps data with timestamps, what algorithms can be used to clean it?
I'm working on the backend for an iOS/Android app that collects locations every hour and syncs with the server every three hours. The mobile apps themselves are not under my control and so I can't ...
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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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Determine if GPS coordinate in Canada
I have GPS tracking solution and most my customers in US. My reverse-geocoding solution pretty basic:
Table with US ZIP database
Procedure in SQL Server where I search for city/state closest to ...
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SQL Query to Reverse Geocoding in PostGIS
I try to do Reverse Geocode from my shapefile on the database.
I'd already try with Spatialite and PostGIS to put shapefile (.shp) into it. But I'm still can't delivered my objection about reverse ...
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Enrich a dataset of POIs with OpenStreetMap
I have a list of POIs, some with a full description and some with only a few data entries, like the following:
6.9441000 50.9242000 [50677] (Ital) Casa di Biase [Köln]
6.9373600 50.9291800 ...
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Android GIS - Reverse Geocode using Shapefile (.shp)
I want to develop an Android application. I'm still a newbie here.
What I want is to develop my app just like a GIS that can implement reverse geocoding. So I can put in lat / lon coordinates and ...
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Getting polygons of all countries and ISO-3166-2 subdivisons
In order to do reverse geocoding lookups to find a country (as ISO-3166-1) and the subdivision (as ISO-3166-2) for given coordinates I am looking for a way to get all polygons of all countries and ...
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Free api to reverse geocode latitude, longitude to census tract?
I have a bunch of latitude,longitude coordinates (mostly city/town centroids) in the United States for which I'd like to find the containing census tract.
For instance,
input => nn.nnn, -nn.nnn ...
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Is there software that will do reverse geocoding to convert photographs' GPS locations to addresses?
I am using a standalone GPS tracker that produces GPX files and then clock-sync photos with it using Microsoft Pro Photo Tools. This works pretty well. But I was also using a feature of Pro Photo ...
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What is the best way to do reverse geocoding with PostGIS?
Is there a way to do reverse geocoding with PostGIS? There's a lot of information on the Web but I found it very confusing...
I have imported osm data into my own Postgres with PostGIS database. Now ...
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Looking for ZIP+4 boundaries
I know where to find 5-digit ZIP code boundaries. Do 9-digit ZIP code boundaries exist? If so, where might I find them?
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Comparing TIGERLine 2006 (and prior) With New Shapefile Format
I have created a geo database using MySQL and the TIGERLine data files available from the US Census. This is actually an MSSQL database I created that I've transfered to MySQL. Everything works ...
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Table structure for a reverse geocoding database
I should start by saying that I do not have much experience with GIS so this question may be foolish. What I do have is a database for performing a lookup from a set of coordinates to find the ...
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Is there a service that does geocoding with advanced language support?
I'm building an address disambiguation page and I'm interested in having geocoding results returned in the local language of the country the result's in.
For example, if I make a reverse geocoding ...
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Reverse Geocoding Libraries
I'm new to GIS and mapping services.
Can anyone tell me what my options are for reverse-geocoding libraries, other than nominatim? I'm most likely going to be working with OpenStreetMap data. So ...
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How is Mapquest Nominatim Service's “routeWidth” search param implemented?
I was looking at MapQuest's Nominatim service, and it seems like they have a non-standard search parameter (doesn't seem to exist in standard Nominatim's list of params) that is the routeWidth. Any ...
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Techniques for offline reverse geocoding on a mobile device?
I am working on a mobile mapping application (currently iOS, eventually Android) - and I am struggling with how to best support reverse geocoding from lat/long to Country/State without using an online ...
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How to reverse geocode with ArcMap?
What steps to I have to take in ArcMap (ArcEditor) to input a lat / long and return nearest address?
I found the Reverse Geocode tool but I can't figure out what to put in the "Input Features" and ...
