Locate addresses in a map (Direct geo-coding in Spatial Manager)

Direct geocoding is the process of converting an address or a place name into geographic coordinates (latitude and longitude). This is typically done using a geocoding service or API, which can interpret the provided address and return the corresponding coordinates

Available for AutoCAD, BricsCAD, ZWCAD, GstarCAD and Desktop

Steps of getting the location for a list of addresses

1. Input data

• Execute SPMGEOCODING_DIRECT command (in Spatial Manager Desktop go to Start/Search Location/Reverse Geo-coding)
• Select a text file (CSV) and the field separator (comma, semicolon, space, …)

2. Select fields

• Add the fields for compound the text for geo-coding process and sort them

3. Geocoding service

• Select the provider between Bing, Google and OpenStreetMap (some of them may require an API key)

4. Coordinate retrieval

• Review the resulting coordinates, export to CSV or insert to the current document

• Select the source fields and add additional data obtained during the geocoding query

• Export to CSV, selecting header, separators, …

Note: Some functionalities can be found in the Standard or Professional editions only