[Freegis-list] geocode address

[Nicholas Efremov-Kendall]

Try the YQL (yahoo) geocoding api Yahoo Place Finder.

On Tue, Oct 9, 2012 at 9:50 AM, Chitra Saha <csaha at imsa.edu> wrote:

> 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:
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>>> 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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