[OSGeo-Discuss] Batch geocoding

[Dan Putler]

JP,

If you export the KML, and then feed it into QGIS you can then save the 
resulting layer as a shapefile, which is probably what you are really 
hoping to have since you can then easily feed it to R, PostGIS, or a 
number of other tools to pull the coordinates.

Dan

On 02/04/2011 02:20 PM, JP Glutting wrote:
> Hi Bernie,
>
> You can't actually get the lat-lng back out of a Fusion table. It will 
> geocode all the addresses, but you can't get the numbers back, you can 
> just make a map or layer or something.
>
> http://groups.google.com/group/fusion-tables-users-group/browse_thread/thread/91c43c73107164eb
>
> Unless I export it to KML and pull it back out of there?
>
> That seems like a lot of work. But it sure geocodes like gangbusters.
>
> Cheers,
> JP
>
> Public Health - GIS - Bioinformatics
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> http://www.jpglutting.com
>
>
>
>
> On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 7:42 PM, Connors, Bernie (SNB) 
> <Bernie.Connors at snb.ca <mailto:Bernie.Connors at snb.ca>> wrote:
>
>     Try Google Fusion Tables.  All you have to do is put all of the
>     address components in one field and it should be recognized and
>     geocoded.
>
>     --
>
>     *Bernie Connors, P.Eng*
>
>     Service New Brunswick
>
>     (506) 444-2077
>
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>     www.snb.ca/geonb/ <http://www.snb.ca/geonb/>
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>     <mailto:discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org>] *On Behalf Of *JP Glutting
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>     *Subject:* [OSGeo-Discuss] Batch geocoding
>
>     Hello,
>
>     I have a large set of addresses (around 150k) that I need to
>     geocode for a study (my Masters thesis on heat-related mortality).
>     I am looking into different solutions, but I can't find anything
>     that seems like it would work properly.
>
>     I could script a solution using Google's map API, but there is a
>     limit of 2,500 addreses per day (I can get around them with a
>     little patience).
>
>     Right now the best solution I am looking at geopy for geocoding
>     addresses (http://code.google.com/p/geopy/). It seems like a good
>     system, I think I can use it to pull addresses out of my database
>     and write back coordinates. There is one thing that I am not sure,
>     about, though, is whether I am actually allowed to use the Google
>     API without my use being liked to a specific web page. The terms
>     of service and form for getting a Google API key require a URL
>     linked to a Google account. In fact, it looks like the API can
>     only be used through a web site:
>
>         "5.2 _Account Key_. After supplying Google with your account
>         information and the URL of your Maps API Implementation, and
>         accepting the Terms, you will be issued an alphanumeric key
>         assigned to you by Google that is uniquely associated with
>         your Google Account and the URL of your Maps API
>         Implementation. Your Maps API Implementation must import the
>         Google Maps APIs using this key as described in the Maps APIs
>         Documentation
>         <http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/>, and Google
>         will block requests with an invalid key or invalid URL. You
>         may only obtain and use a key in accordance with these Terms
>         and the Maps APIs Documentation
>         <http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/>."
>
>     So it looks like I can't even get it to work without a URL.
>
>     I can always write a script that loops through results extracted
>     from the database, creates URLs and parses the XML results one at
>     a time, but that seems like a fairly inelegant solution.
>
>     Does anyone have any good ideas about how to geocode a few
>     thousand addresses?
>
>     Many thanks,
>
>     JP
>
>
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