[OSGeo Africa] Geocoding list of Townships

[Mario Carrera]

Hi Charles,

it's the same thing. You can search any element that you would search in 
Google Maps: cities, addresses, monuments, museums, churches...

There are several geocoders that you can use.

Kind regards,
   Mario


El 13/02/18 a las 12:49, Charles Gayi escribió:
>
> Hi,
>
> The only fields in the data is the province and the township name. I 
> do not have the normal fields of address and street name. How can I 
> geocode this?
>
> Kind Regards
>
> On 2018-02-13 13:36, Mario Carrera wrote:
>
>>
>> Hi Charles,
>>
>> you can use the geocoding tool in gvSIG:
>>
>> https://blog.gvsig.org/2018/01/29/gis-applied-to-municipality-management-module-8-1-creation-of-point-layers-from-tables-geocoding-points-from-a-table-with-addresses/ 
>>
>>
>> gvSIG is open source and you can download it from www.gvsig.com
>>
>> King regards,
>>   Mario
>>
>>
>>
>> El 13/02/18 a las 12:13, Charles Gayi escribió:
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I have a list of townships in South Africa. I was wondering if one 
>>> can help me to geocode these townships  in order to be used in GIS..
>>>
>>> Kind Regards
>>>
>>> On 2018-02-13 12:24, Theo Phiri wrote:
>>>
>>>     http://www.geoscience.org.za/index.php/publication/downloadable-material
>>>
>>>     for geology; hope it helps.
>>>
>>>     On Tue, Feb 13, 2018 at 12:16 PM, Rafeeqah Kamish
>>>     <rafeeqah.kamish at gmail.com <mailto:rafeeqah.kamish at gmail.com>>
>>>     wrote:
>>>
>>>         Good Afternoon All
>>>
>>>         I am hoping someone could please assist me or direct me to
>>>         an institution / website where I can obtain the following data:
>>>
>>>               o Geology
>>>
>>>               o Dolomite
>>>
>>>               o Ridges and
>>>
>>>               o Agricultural potential
>>>
>>>         The study area is Gauteng and the City of Tshwane.
>>>
>>>         Your assistance in this regard would be appreciated.
>>>
>>>         Regards
>>>
>>>         Rafeeqah
>>>
>>>
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>>
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>>
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>>
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