Curious which ones you recommend. We use a variety of them and it seems to be hit and miss with all of them. We typically try a bunch in an area and then go with the service that had the best results. It doesn't seem to be very consistent with one provider over another in any pattern we can discern.
On Wed, Apr 26, 2017 at 2:55 PM, Brian Webster <i...@wirelessmapping.com> wrote: > 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:af-boun...@afmug.com] *On Behalf Of *Paul McCall > *Sent:* Wednesday, April 26, 2017 12:13 PM > *To:* af@afmug.com > *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 <(772)%20564-6800> > > pa...@pdmnet.net > > www.pdmnet.com > > www.floridabroadband.com > > > > >
