I would create a service to geocode from existing shapefiles. I know that ArcEngine does not allow the creation of Windows Services. Is there an open source option someone could recommend?
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3There are many relevant questions about this topic on our site. Have you performed a search? – whuber♦ Mar 4 '13 at 20:16
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May be similar to this gis.stackexchange.com/questions/20719/… OR gis.stackexchange.com/questions/18871/… – Sunil Mar 6 '13 at 13:04
The OpenStreetMap has an open source engine called Nominatim.
- Webiste: http://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/
- Documentation: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Nominatim
You can make a query using this URL:
http://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/search?<params>
http://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/search/<query>?<params>
