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

[Nyall Dawson]

On Fri, 28 May 2021 at 09:31, krishna Ayyala <ayyalakrishna at gmail.com> wrote:
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> 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 .
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> https://plugins.qgis.org/plugins/google_maps_geocoder/

Yes, you need 3.18 for the plugin -- it relies on newer functionality
introduced in that version.

Nyall

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> On Thu, May 27, 2021 at 4:13 PM Nyall Dawson <nyall.dawson at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> On Fri, 28 May 2021 at 06:08, krishna Ayyala <ayyalakrishna at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> > 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.
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>> > When I try to geocode, I am getting an empty shape file? Can anyone help me fix this problem?
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>> There's some great solutions available these days! Here's what I suggest.
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>> 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.
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>> 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.
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>> All in all, the QGIS geocoding situation is MUCH improved since previous years!
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>> Hope that helps!
>>
>> Nyall
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>> >
>> > Regards.
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