Questions tagged [reverse-geocoding]
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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Choosing GeoCoding service?
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) [closed]
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.net/docs/Extras.html).
Although I ...
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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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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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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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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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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 I'...
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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 "...
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Finding out if coordinate is within shapefile (.shp) using pyshp?
I'm trying to map coordinate data to a municipality. Reverse geocoders aren't as accurate as I need them to be (I was using geocoder pkg before), so I found a .shp that maps and names all the ...
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How to get around the 10-character limit when converting from kml to shp with ogr2ogr
I'm trying to create custom .shp files by drawing polygons on a new layer in Google Maps Engine, exporting that .kml file, and then converting that file to a .shp file with ogr2ogr.
If I run a ...
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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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What is reverse geocoding?
I am the developper of gisgraphy. I plan to update my reverse geocoding service to house numbers (it was only for streets).
Understanding what reverse geocoding is seems very simple and wikipedia ...
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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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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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Complete list of UK postcodes plus their city, county, uk country
Is there a free data set of all current UK postcodes (about 1.7 million-ish) plus their city name, county and UK country (e.g. Liverpool, Merseyside, England) and ideally lat, long, east, northings?
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Local geolocation to FIPS county using Latitude and Longitude
I millions of lat,long pairs and I want to convert to FIPS county codes that match with the US census data. In the past I used the census block api but that is too slow for the amount of numbers that ...
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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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Seeking free application or web service for reverse geocoding [closed]
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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Find parent place using nominatim
I have a locally hosted Nominatim service. I'm trying to reverse geocode a lat, lon to a place hierarchy.
E.g.
https://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/search.php?q=30.284780%2C+-97.738831&viewbox=-...
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Address or reverse geocode a point shapefile
I have a shapefile 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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Reverse geocoding using OSM data imported into PostGIS
I'm trying to reverse geocode some points using an OSM import into PostGIS. I imported the OSM data (for Denmark so all addresses should be avaialable) into PostGIS using osm2pgsql enabling "addr:...
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Seeking 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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military grid refrence system geocode reverse
I have lat/long and I get geocode like 34TCK9320739642 from mgrs geocode reverse in arcmap
how can convert that to address (country.city.state)
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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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Max retries exceeded with URL in Nominatim with GeoPy
I'm trying to get a country name by lat lon (reverse encoding) using Python. I got to Nominatim with GeoPy which worked great two times but now I keep getting Max retries exceeded error.
My code:
from ...
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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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Find country from GPS coordinates, offline using python
I'm aware that there are several similar questions already but I have been searching for days and not been able to solve my problem:
All solutions I've found require GDAL, which I have not been able ...
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Openstreetmap Nominatim web service API - Result language
I notices something strange:
When I execute simple request:
https://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/reverse?format=xml&lat=45&lon=10&zoom=18&addressdetails=0
From the PC web browser for ...
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Sending valid UserAgent or Referer when Nominatim reverse geocode gets blocked?
I have a php page that requests reverse geocoding data from Nominatim OSM server. It was working for over a year. Recently started blocking my requests with the following message:
You have been ...
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Get road type by coordinates
I need to do the following task: to retrieve the road type (highway, bridge, track, pedestrian and others) by coordinates, query a remote service (via HTTP).
I'm looking at the different major ...
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Inside/Outside Local Jurisdictions
Does anyone know of a software or service that can define whether a location is inside or outside of city and county jurisdictions?
Our company is getting hit with huge tax audits because we did not ...
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Seeking Reverse Geocoding API?
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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Reverse geocoding Nominatim results?
I need to obtain street intersections from reverse geocoded lat/long, where there is no house number information.
I have a tile server and Nominatim running in Ubuntu 12.04 virtualbox.
I followed ...
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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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Offline geocoding and reverse geocoding for android
I'm developing an android application that cannot use internet and need to deal with maps and positioning.
Download OpenStreetMaps data seens to be a good solution to access map information offline. ...
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Geocoding building with different entrances?
I am working on a routing map for a university campus. the routes are modeled and network analyst works fine.
The problem: Many of these buildings have several entrances.
Is there a way to geocode ...
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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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Postgres OSM planet reverse geocoding
i'm building function for reverse geocoding in Postgres using PostGIS function's. For now i was able to clean up all the data that was useless to me(rivers, buildings,etc.). I got 3 tables(...
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How to extract zip code from reverse geocoding in PostGIS
I have a bunch of lat/lng coordinates that I can reverse geocode, after having installed PostGIS and the relevant Tiger files.
I throw in a query like this:
select reverse_geocode(ST_Point(lng, lat))...
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What is Mapzen QPS on reverse Geocoding
Doing some reverse geocoding for an application I am developping, but my qps seems capped at 1 qps.
Is this a hard limit, or is there a way to circumvent that?
I can't find any information on ...
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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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Resolving postgis “type geometry does not exist” issue on installing tiger_geocode extension?
I have installed postgis extension in my db. I have few columns associated with its type in few tables and now I would like to use reverse geocode functionality in my app. Hence I tried to create ...
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Reverse Geocoding - calculate every time, or store result in database?
Several questions, such as this one, discuss whether to store only lat/long in the database & calculate the street address every time it is needed, but they seem to miss a few points & seem to ...
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How to find nearest city using Geonames features codes
I've got about 300,000 lat/lng coordinates of events that I'm combining into a large map. The coordinates come from all over the world.
For each point, I want to find the nearest city of at least XYZ ...
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Finding closest street name from point using MMQGIS?
I got a list of points spread over a city and their coordinates. I'd like to find out the name of the closest address (or at least street) from each point. I downloaded the plugin MMQGIS which allow ...
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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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Free alternative to ArcGIS World Geocoding Service for reverse geocoding [closed]
I'm seeking a free alternative to ArcGIS World Geocoding Service for running geoprocessing tool Reverse Geocode in ArcGIS Pro. All feature types provided in the ArcGIS World Geocoding Service would be ...
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Reverse geocoding for multiple coordinates
My code is generating coordinates (Lat, Lon) of 1000 houses. Now I want to reverse these 1000 coordinates to get full address. The code is:
import pprint
from arcgis.geocoding import reverse_geocode
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Reverse Geocoding in QGIS
I have a point shapefile with "Lat" and "Lon" attributes with more than 1000 features.
I want to add street address data in the shapefile by Reverse Geocoding but the Geocoding plugin has no such ...
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Getting building addresses from Google Maps API
I am trying to download all the building addresses on a specific street.
Is it possible to download all addresses using Google Maps API as building address are available online in maps but API is not ...
