geocoding tool v3.1.xls
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Geocoder to use:
Yahoo Id
Geocoder.us Username:Geocoder.us Password:
Location of googleearth.exe:
Beep?
Settings
YahooYahoo or geocoder.us
C:\Program Files\Google\Google Earth\googleearth.exe
0if true, will beep every time an address is geocoded
Instructions
To get access to the Yahoo geocoding API, go to: http://api.search.yahoo.com/webservices/register_application
More info on the Yahoo geocoding API is available here: http://developer.yahoo.net/maps/rest/V1/geocode.html
To get a geocoder.us username and password go to: http://geocoder.us/user/signup
optional, to get Google Earth, go to http://earth.google.com
Macros must be turned on to use this tool. To enable macros, go to the Tools, Macro, Security menu and change the security level to Medium. Then close and reopen this spreadsheet. When the spreadsheet opens, select "Enable Macros". You can test to see if macros are working by clicking on the button to the right. If macros are working, you will see a message. If not, nothing will happen.
Fill in the location of the googleearth.exe and your geocoder.us username and password.
Enter addresses that you want to geocode in the Street, City, State, Zip columns on the Geocode page. Not all fields must be entered, but there must be a valid address and city+state or zip for geocoding to be performed.
Select the rows that you want to geocode. You don't have to select the entire row, any cell in the row will do. Click the geocode selected rows button to start geocoding. About 2-3 rows are geocoded each second, depending on the speed of your Internet connection.
If an address is not found, it may be because of a misspelling in the street address or city. To try again, fix the misspelling, then delete the "not found" values and geocode the row again.
At any time you can see the geocoded addresses in Google Earth by clicking the "View in Google Earth" button. This will save all the geocoded addresses to a Google Earth "KML" file and open the file in Google Earth. The file will appear in the Temporary Places folder.
# of addresses:% of addresses geocoded:% of addresses found:
Latitude Longitude Precision Address555 grove street701 first ave1600 amphitheatre parkway
40 0%
0
City State Zip Name Descriptionherndon va 20170 Juice Analytics Juice Analytics hqsunnyvale ca 94089 Yahoo Yahoomountain view ca 94043 Google Google HQ
94089-1019 Yahoo zip+4 only