Tools to geocode street address is among the frequently asked questions from faculty, researchers, and students in various departments of our campus. Geocoding is a process of transforming a table of street addresses into points on a map. A brief overview of available geocoding tools is provided below.
| Free Online Service | Fee-Based Online Service | Desktop/Server Software |
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Census Geocoder (10,000 addresses at a time) https://geocoding.geo.census.gov/geocoder/ |
ESRI ArcGIS Online | ESRI ArcGIS |
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OpenStreetMap Nominatim https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Nominatim |
Google Geocoding Service |
Data Science Toolkit http://dstk.britecorepro.com/ |
| Data Science Toolkit (http://dstk.britecorepro.com/) | https://geocod.io/ |
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| Google Geocoding service (2500 addresses/day limit) | ||
