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 <ayyalakris...@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] > > [image: image.png] > > > On Thu, May 27, 2021 at 5:59 PM Nyall Dawson <nyall.daw...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> On Fri, 28 May 2021 at 09:31, krishna Ayyala <ayyalakris...@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.daw...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> >> >> On Fri, 28 May 2021 at 06:08, krishna Ayyala <ayyalakris...@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. >> >> > _______________________________________________ >> >> > Qgis-user mailing list >> >> > Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org >> >> > List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user >> >> > Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user >> > _______________________________________________ > Qgis-user mailing list > Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org > List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user > Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user >
_______________________________________________ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
