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

[Erich Purpur]

Thank you for the update Nyall. It is great to hear that Geocoding will be
improved in future versions!

-Erich

On Thu, May 27, 2021 at 11:20 PM krishna Ayyala <ayyalakrishna at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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.
> [image: image.png]
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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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