Questions tagged [geocoding]
Use when converting street addresses into spatial data that can be displayed as features on a map, by a reference dataset or locator.
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Select the correct paths for The TIGER geocoder (linux)
I'm following this tutorial to setup the geocoder.
I'm stuck on the step 2.8.1.4
"edit the paths in the declare_sect column to those that fit Debbie's pg, unzip,shp2pgsql, psql, etc path locations."...
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Creating address locator for data with no ZIP codes?
I am trying to create an address locator using Tiger/line data (dual address locator). While initially successful, I can only geocode addresses that have ZIP codes in the dataset. Most of the data I ...
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How to plot a lot of LineString at once efficiently in Mapbox
I have a LineString geoJSON dataset (about 50000 line strings) which I need to plot in mapbox using leaflet. Currently it takes a lot of time to render the map. Since I need to update the map every 30 ...
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Using both POI and Routes layers for ArcGIS Address Locator?
I want to create an address locator in ArcGIS. I have a POI Layer and Routes Layer. The Address locator should be use both Street names and POI distance. For example "X" Ave near the "Y&...
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How can I build a custom address locator?
How can I geocode internal locations of, for example, an airport terminal via a custom address locator?
All I have is the footprint of the building itself.
I started by drawing out the footprints ...
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Plot large batch of points without coodinates or geocoding
I have a list of 50,000 addresses with no Lat/Lon data. I would like to plot these points over a boundaries shapefile. Most geocoding services limit you to 2,500 - 15,000 geocode without paying.
Is ...
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Bad PostGIS TIGER Geocoding Performance In Specific States But Not Others
Short version: What should I do when I get great geocoding performance for all but one installed state?
Long version: I (not a DB expert) am running the PostGIS tiger geocoder on my machine, not a ...
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Why won't my street addresses georeference?
I've been using Carto for about a month or two now and it had been working perfectly, however it suddenly malfunctioned today. I updated my excel document (nothing changed except the number of rows), ...
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Geocode Locator
In ArcGIS Desktop I am trying to enable locator "North America Geocode Service (ArcGIS Online)". To enable this configured below xml at path C:\Users[username]\AppData\Roaming\ESRI\Desktop10.2\...
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Using ArcGIS locators in R to bulk geolocate dataset?
I have ArcGIS on my computer, but my laptop is entirely too slow to do even basic ArcGIS functionality. I need to mass geolocate a dataset, and have access to the .loc locators provided by ArcGIS. ...
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Can auto fields be added to existing address locator schemas?
There is a type of address locator that comes as part of RouteSmart for ArcGIS plug in. When this address locator is used to geocode it gives a match status field and a street ID field. Is it possible ...
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Postgis, Installing Tiger Geocoder :Using Extension
I am trying to install the tiger geocoder for postGIS. I am using the 2.2 version of postGIS on Windows 10. I am using this set of instruction to do so.
I do not know the meaning of the fourth step.
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Joining two tables? [closed]
I have two tables, a Census tract table with population numbers and a table with student information (but no addresses).
I need to combine the tables to make graduated color maps, such as the ...
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Zip codes, Geo coding, Joining/relating
I have a file of Tennessee zip codes and another excel file including 600,000 origin and destination addresses with zip codes and trip purposes. Since I cannot Geocode all 600,000 addresses, I ...
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Geocoding Addresses - Error when selecting Address Locator to use
I'm running into some issues with ArcMap 10.3.1 when trying to use the geocoding tool to geocode a table of addresses from an .xls file. I've added my table into the Table of Contents, right clicked ...
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Georeference a dataset in Carto with imported data
I have a number of datasets (in CSV format) that I would like to upload into Carto - the issue is that the dataset with the postal code/georeference data is separate. I would like to upload my data ...
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Uniquely defining shortened address for geocoding [closed]
I've searched for existing concepts to define shortened addresses, but didn't find anything yet that fits my needs.
For an example, I have to define object locations for say desks, where desks are ...
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Geocoding a DBF table on ArcGIS 10.3
I am trying to geocode address onto a map in ArcGIS 10.3. The table is in dbf format and contains address, city, state, and zip.
I have attempted going to ArcCatalog and adding an address locator. I ...
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ArcGIS Address Locator Styles & Interpolation
I'm using ArcGIS 10.3 to build an address locator service based off an address point feature class. I want to use the Suggest operation to return possible addresses to an end user. However, I only ...
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Issues with creating an address locator using multi-point features in Arcmap/catalog 10.4?
The error I get when trying to create this locator is "000042: Failed to create the address locator which states that I must -
have permission to write to the disk/database
have enough disk space
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How to georeference an old picture through transformation values?
I got a very old picture of a landscape which I have to georeference the right way. For that, I usually go in my QGIS version 2.12.3-Lyon to “Rasta” and then “Georeferencing”. Normally it’s easy, ...
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Free UK Geocoding with Java
Is there any free solution for geocoding UK with Java?
I would like to avoid APIs, like for example Google's Geocode service as I have over 1 million addresses to geocode.
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Google maps Javascript API usage statistics does not show
I am currently using the google Geocoder service from the Google Maps JavaScript API in a few applications.
For months I was receiving usage statistics in my API manager, but for the last 2 months it ...
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Missing Geocoded Addresses in Attribute Table
I have geocoded about 13,000 addresses. I opened the Interactive Rematch Window and made adjustments where necessary. When I look at the Interactive Rematch window, I can see all of my addresses.
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Nominatim does not respect countrycode
Possible duplicate
I have a question about Nominatim, but the OSM forum currently does not accept new registrations...
I want to limit my search results to a specific country, so I am using the ...
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Geocoding and SRID - can't get desired SRID
I want to geocode a set of addresses with GoogleMaps, store the results in a different SRID in a PostGIS table and then project it in QGIS over a layer with the identical SRID. So far, it has been a ...
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Using Geocoding and creating the right locator in ArcGIS for Desktop? [closed]
I have a set of addresses that I am wanting to geocode. I have available a parcel/points layer consisting of addresses in the region which includes the fields - street address number, road name and ...
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How to disaggregate records in a table? [duplicate]
I'm trying to separate out records in a quasi-summarized table.
Currently, my features are geocoded address points. Each address point has one record associated with it with a field showing how many ...
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Address Locator fails at REST
I am having trouble publishing my US Address - Dual Ranges Address Locator to our ArcGIS Server. I've created it with a very small sample of 7 streets around my local University just to test, with no ...
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Find census block for street intersection with tiger geocoder
I'm geocoding lots of addresses and map them to census block. Some of addresses are street intersections, like this
select ST_X((geo).geomout)::numeric(8,6), ST_Y((geo).geomout)::numeric(8,6)
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Seeking replacement for ggmap::geocode? [duplicate]
I've found ggmap's geocode() function really useful over the years as it's got a 'fuzzy' search implemented by Google. However, I'm wondering if there are alternatives, because
geocode() seems ...
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Batch Geocoding in R over daily limit with pay as you go? [duplicate]
I have found the the geocode function in ggmap to be very helpful in the past. Now I am trying to geocode about 60,000 addresses. The google maps API daily limit is 2500. Google offers a "pay as you ...
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ArcGIS 10.3 Address Locator - Partial Searches Not Working
I'm using an address locator service based off an address point feature class in ArcGIS 10.3. My ultimate goal is to write an app which will parse a list of addresses in a database and determine the ...
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Feature search in ArcGIS online using custom geocoder, works but the results are limited, how do i get more results?
So i have Geocoder hosted as a service on my Server, i then added it to AGOL via the utility services (Add Geocoder) now it allows me to do feature serach using the service and it works great expect ...
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Getting complete address information from OSM without Geocoder
I know a question like this is asked very often. But the answers did never really satisfy me.
I want to extract addresses and maybe POIs from OSM. Nothing more. I am not interested any additional ...
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Get custom records from Address locator service in ArcGIS Server
I've already created an Address Locator successfully and published it as a Geo coding service, but have some additional requirement.
Let's say I've a field in my data set named category which have ...
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NBI Coordinate Data Missing place-holding zeroes for DMS format
When working with National Bridge Inventory (NBI) coordinates I have found what appears to be an error in the raw data provided. I couldn't find any other mention of this specific error when ...
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Obtaining Geocoding results with county value from ArcGIS world geocoder
The ArcGIS World Geocoder returns pretty good results for our use, with two exceptions that are deal breakers and I can't yet find answers.
There don't appear to be county values consistently ...
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Simple software for mapping residential address in Singapore
I am new to GIS and I recently have a project where we will like to map clinic addresses vs patients' address, to show the distance between these locations.
In addition, at each clinic address, a ...
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How can I access the array of predicted addresses from Google Maps once an address is entered?
The Google Maps JavaScript Autocomplete API mentions that autocomplete returns an array of prediction objects. How can I access this array without autocomplete? I have a standard HTML form with ...
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What is an acceptable geocoding score? [duplicate]
I've been searching on how an address score is calculated, but didn't find anything that clearly defines how the score is calculated. So what score value is acceptable to assume that a result is close ...
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geocoding CSV using MMQGIS and error massage
While geocoding a csv file using MMQGIS utility in QGIS, I provide an input and the follwing errror message pops out, what could be the problem?
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Permanent link to a Nominatim address?
I want to be able to link landmarks from a private database to their respective OSM representations (nodes, ways or relations).
One of the approaches I have seen to get permanent-ish reliable link to ...
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Scripting Address Coder actions in ArcPy? [closed]
I am currently using ArcGIS 10.3 for Desktop that comes with the "Address Coder" tool. This tool has some features that I need as part of my geocoding requirements: in specific, the option to append ...
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Is there a service or db to download or convert Postal Codes to Geo-Shapes / Polygons? [duplicate]
I'm looking for a service that converts Postal Code of Major European Cities to Geo Shapes (List of Lat/Lng) pairs like when you go to Google Maps and type for examples 10557 Berlin, and it draws ...
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How/Where to get reverse geocodes up to 5 decimal points precision for offline use?
I would like to have a simple text file(s) with following reverse geo-codes information for all the countries (i.e. world):
Coordinates -- Address
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12.96779, 77.65306 -- #7, Jeevan Bima ...
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API to find polygon for cities and administrative boundaries in India
I am new to GIS and learning basics by going through various forums. I am looking for a way to get polygon coordinates for any place (city, 2nd/3rd order administrative division) in India. I started ...
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Limit Nominatim results tp specific country
I want to limit the search in Nominatim to a specific country and was trying this code:
mapPanel = new GeoExt.MapPanel({
border: true,
region: "center",
map: map,
zoom: 7,
layers:...
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Adding GeoCoder to Template for Story Map [closed]
I need an step-by-step Introduction to build in an GeoCoder by Esri. I have downloaded the Story Map - Text and Legend - Template and now I am trying to build in a simple geocoder Services. But ...
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Run a locator task
I'm working with ArcGIS javascript api and I have a search function that finds a persons address by name and sorts it into a table inside a modal popup. It returns multiple people with the same name. ...
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