Send me the list and I can run it through my tool. When you get the results back it will also tell you the level of accuracy I was able to geocode. Results tell either building meaning exact match, street which means the tool had to make an assumption based on the address number and the known number ranges between cross road intersections and zip code meaning the address made no sense and it was just placed at the zip code centroid. These lets you know how bad your list may be with regards to standardized street address data. Depending on the source of the data this can be a problem or nice and smooth.
Address geocoding in an inexact science, different geocoding tools can give you different answers. Cheaper or free tools tend to use the free census tiger file maps. Depending on each county 911 address database and their willingness to share that data with the world, the census data may work great. If the county like to only sell the data or they do a crappy job at 911 addressing information, then results are usually less than perfect. Some companies actually buy the data and use it for their own mapping tools. Google tends not to do this so their geocodes are not always the best. Others that purchase good goecode databases from companies who make a living cleaning the data up will give better results. Thank You, Brian Webster www.wirelessmapping.com www.Broadband-Mapping.com From: Af [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Paul McCall Sent: Wednesday, April 26, 2017 12:13 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [AFMUG] Good Geo-Locate tool Are there any good (free) online tools to accurately take addresses from an XLS or CSV, etc. and put into a KML ? Paul Paul McCall, President PDMNet, Inc. / Florida Broadband, Inc. 658 Old Dixie Highway Vero Beach, FL 32962 772-564-6800 [email protected] www.pdmnet.com www.floridabroadband.com
