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

[krishna Ayyala]

Nyall,
Again thanks for your reply. I have upgraded to 3.18 version and was able
to install google maps geocoder in zipped version. At the time of
installation, it asked me to enter the api key. I did enter but that did
not make any difference. I tried to run the tool as shown below. I got the
temporary layer as shown in the table below. But that did not plot any
points on the map. It just produced a table. As I gave in my previous
email, the csv file's address column has only street number and street
name. The city name and state names are in separate columns. I am not sure
how the tool will correctly geocode just by choosing the address column.
Please guide me.
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On Thu, May 27, 2021 at 5:59 PM Nyall Dawson <nyall.dawson at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Fri, 28 May 2021 at 09:31, krishna Ayyala <ayyalakrishna at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > 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/
>
> Yes, you need 3.18 for the plugin -- it relies on newer functionality
> introduced in that version.
>
> Nyall
>
> >
> >
> >
> > 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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