[Qgis-user] Geocoding with MMQGIS - Web service geocode

[krishna Ayyala]

Nyall,
Thanks for the reply. I have qgis3.16 version. I tried install this plugin
via install from zip. I am getting the following error .

https://plugins.qgis.org/plugins/google_maps_geocoder/

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On Thu, May 27, 2021 at 4:13 PM Nyall Dawson <nyall.dawson at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Fri, 28 May 2021 at 06:08, krishna Ayyala <ayyalakrishna at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > Hello,
> > I have a csv file with the columns "Address", "City", "State" and
> "Country". I have 40 rows each row representing one address. All the
> addresses are from the United States. I have the API key which I purchased
> through subscription. For the web service option, I have chosen Google.
> >
> > When I try to geocode, I am getting an empty shape file? Can anyone help
> me fix this problem?
>
> There's some great solutions available these days! Here's what I suggest.
>
> 1. Since you already have a Google Maps API key, you can use this
> plugin (so long as you are on QGIS 3.18!)
> https://plugins.qgis.org/plugins/google_maps_geocoder/ . It adds a new
> processing batch geocoder using Google maps, and since it's a
> Processing algorithm it's very flexible to run (and can be used in
> models, from the command line, etc). It also adds a new locator bar
> shortcut for directly navigating to places on the map using Google
> maps locations.
>
> 2. If you download a nightly pre-release of QGIS 3.20, then there's an
> out-of-the-box "Batch Nominatim geocoder" tool in the Processing
> toolbox which geocodes using OpenStreetMap data. This is super
> convenient, because you don't need ANY api keys or plugins... it's
> just ready to go! The one catch is that it's rate-limited, so will be
> slow if you need to geocode a lot of results.
>
> All in all, the QGIS geocoding situation is MUCH improved since previous
> years!
>
> Hope that helps!
>
> Nyall
>
>
>
> >
> > Regards.
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