Hi Mike, Google Fuzion Tables makes this very easy (at least for the U.S.) First you upload the your list of addresses into Google Doc's, then you open it up as a Fuzion Table. Then under the Visualize tool, select Map. This will display your points in a Google Maps like environment. It also lets you download and save the points as a .kml file (which you can open in QGIS).
It has been a while since I have done this, so I don't know how it has changed with the new Google Drive. Hope it helps! Ezra On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 10:51 AM, M.E.Dodd <m.e.d...@open.ac.uk> wrote: > Thanks for the suggestion. I thought this was possible in qgis just from a > list of addresses (within limits on numbers of matches per day) but perhaps > not. Currently I am trying http://www.gpsvisualizer.com/geocoder/ however > with yahoo to match against the results are of rather limited use. Most of > the addresses are actually in uk but come back as showing in usa, perhaps I > need to add country name. a bit more worrying is exact same address shown > up in different places and giving different coordinate pairs a number of > miles apart. There is also a limit of 1000 addresses. > > > > From: QGIS [mailto:q...@dandittmann.org] > Sent: 14 May 2012 16:21 > To: qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org > Subject: Re: [Qgis-user] geocoding > > > > On 05/14/2012 08:35 AM, M.E.Dodd wrote: > > Is it possible to geocode a list of addresses? I have the geocoding plugin > loaded and it works (api key sorted out) but not sure how to get the list of > addresses into qgis as they have no x,y location info at the moment. Am > sure this question asked before but could not find the answer. > > > > > > Dr Mike Dodd > > Department of Environment, Earth and Ecosystems > > The Open University > Walton Hall > Milton Keynes > MK7 6AA > > > > http://www.ispot.org.uk/ > > http://www.floodplainmeadows.org.uk/ > > > > I am aware of two potential solutions: > > > > 1) Locate a webservice and have that produce the Latitude/Longitude > coordinate pairs. > > This site has several: > https://webgis.usc.edu/Services/Geocode/About/GeocoderList.aspx > > Most as far as I can tell do not have support outside the United States > however. > > > > Ultimately it would be a nice feature to have added to the plugin. > > > > 2) The solution I had to go with was to use PostGIS outside of QGIS to > generate the Latitude/Longitude pairs. This may not work depending on your > setup, available time, knowledge level, budget, or level of access within > your organization. > > > > The available documentation I found assumes that United States Census Bureau > data is used to geocode against. This solution could be made to work for > other countries if the same/similar type of data released by the US Census > Bureau is made available by the locality for which you wish to geocode for. > Changes likely will be needed either to the setup scripts or the final > database columns prior to loading data from your locality to take into > account differences between how things are done in the US versus your > locality. Examples might include length and data type of postal codes and > state/provincial abbreviations. > > > > Some information can be found here: > http://postgis.refractions.net/documentation/manual-svn/Geocode.html > > A setup guide > http://www.letseehere.com/postgis-geocoder-using-tiger-2010-data > > > > > > > > -- > > Dan Dittmann > > > -- > The Open University is incorporated by Royal Charter (RC 000391), an exempt > charity in England & Wales and a charity registered in Scotland (SC 038302). > > > _______________________________________________ > Qgis-user mailing list > Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user > _______________________________________________ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
