Spatial - Geocoding

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Use a geocoding solution to return the necessary geographic data you need to:

• Data Security Information filter on the coordinates
• Provide customers with the closest dealer or store location.
• Pinpoint customer locations and clusters
• Define sales and marketing territories
• Enhance target marketing by linking to Bureau demographic data for profiling and segmentation

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Google Example

In this example, I will search the correct address for my office. I put only the number and the street : Grote Wade 40 (Grote+Wade+40)

• http://maps.google.com/maps/geo?q=Grote+Wade+40&output=xml

And you obtain a kml file (xml) :

<kml>
  <Response>
    <name>Grote Wade 40</name>
    <Status>
      <cod>200</cod>
      <request>geocode</request>
    </Status>
    <Placemark id="p1">
      <address>Grote Wade 40, 3439 Nieuwegein, The Netherlands</address>
      <AddressDetails Accuracy="8">
      <Country>
          <CountryNameCode>NL</CountryNameCode>
          <CountryName>The Netherlands</CountryName>
          <AdministrativeArea>
          <AdministrativeAreaName>Utrecht</AdministrativeAreaName>
          <Locality>
              <LocalityName>Nieuwegein</LocalityName>
              <DependentLocality>
                 <DependentLocalityName>Nieuwegein</DependentLocalityName>
                 <Thoroughfare>
                    <ThoroughfareName>Grote Wade 40</ThoroughfareName>
                 </Thoroughfare>
                 <PostalCode>
                     <PostalCodeNumber>3439</PostalCodeNumber>
                 </PostalCode>
              </DependentLocality>
           </Locality>
           </AdministrativeArea>
     </Country>
</AddressDetails>

<ExtendedData>
   <LatLonBox north="52.0500308" south="52.0437356" east="5.1149393" west="5.1086441"/>
</ExtendedData>
<Point>
<coordinates>5.1117917,52.0468832,0</coordinates>
</Point>
</Placemark>
</Response>
</kml>

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• Quick Geocoding Using Google