[Freegis-list] geocode address

[Chitra Saha]

But what open source software tool should I choose to find the accurate 
point on the map when only the address and zip is entered in the system.

Thank you


Nick Kendall wrote:
> 900913 friend, plenty if geo lookup tools and tables 
>
> Sent from my mobile device
>
> On Oct 9, 2012, at 6:57 AM, csaha at imsa.edu wrote:
>
>   
>> Need to geocode the student addresses using the regular 5-digit zip
>> codes. Need to find the accurate point on the map, so in a Latitude and
>> Longitude environment that should suffice for our specific data needs with
>> respect to answering the question of what students belong to what
>> congressional district.
>> I know ArcGIS for Desktop software will geocode the student addresses and
>> get points on the map. What is the equivalent tool that I can use to
>> achieve my first goal?
>> Then we need to create two other layers one for the representative
>> districts and the other for the senate districts. Then we have to use the
>> Spatial Join tool in the toolbox to combine the tables and give us one
>> attribute table that includes all of our geocode located points and what
>> congressional district they belong to.
>>
>> So what should I use to solve the following issue?
>>
>> Kind Regards
>>
>> Chitra
>>
>>
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