GeoCoding QGIS plugins released

05 June 2009 — Categoria: GIS , Python

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In the past few days I’ve been actively working on a new GeoCoding python plugin for the open source GIS software QGIS.

This new plugin allows a user to obtain geographic coordinates of a location knowing its address, the geocoding process is handled by Google webservices. Additionally, GeoCoding plugin allows “reverse geocoding”, i.e. to obtain an address, from the point coordinates (clic on the map canvas). All geocoded points are automatically added to a point layer.

You can find the new plugin on QGIS the 3rd parties repository.

Posted by Alessandro Pasotti at 16.54 9 commenti

9 commenti to “GeoCoding QGIS plugins released”

  1. Peter Says:
    22 June 2009 at 15.50  

    hi,

    thank you for the Geocoding Plugin for QGIS. Where do i have to copy the jar files of Json?

    Greetings, Peter

  2. Jonathan Piraux Says:
    08 August 2010 at 10.15  

    Hi,

    Really nice tool. Very usefull to add some important easly on a map.

    If you want to improve this plugin, it could be nice that the plugin would give you the choise when there are different localisation possible instead to answer with an error.

    For example I tried to located the university of Vienna but I can’t because it seems that there is 2 different solutions.

    Here is the adress if you want to try:Doktor Karl Lueger Ring 1 1010 Wien, Austria

    and here is the error I got: There was an error with the geocoding service:
    Didn’t find exactly one placemark! (Found 2.)

    Thanks for All

    Jonathan

  3. masterqmann Says:
    26 August 2010 at 14.50  

    hi all i am also desperately looking for a sample adress line which works.
    additionally i am search for a batch possibility to geocode around 10k addresses.

    many thanks,
    georg

  4. Alessandro Pasotti Says:
    26 August 2010 at 14.56  

    @all:

    this plugin was developed in my spare time, nobody funded its development, so I’m not going to invest more time on it.

    If you have a budget for further developments, feel free to send me an email.

    Most of search strings that work on maps.google.com will also work with the plugin but the plugin will fail when a single exact location cannot be found.

  5. Steven can plan – Automatic geocoding has arrived to QGIS Says:
    03 October 2010 at 9.51  

    [...] the GeoCode plugin by Alessandro Pasotti via QGIS>Plugins>Fetch Python Plugins. You may have to load additional repositories to see [...]

  6. Steven Vance Says:
    03 October 2010 at 9.53  

    Thank you, Alessandro, for making this plugin.

    I have created a tutorial on my blog, http://www.stevevance.net/planning/automatic-geocoding-has-arrived-to-qgis/

    @masterqmann: You should use BatchGeocode.com to geocode thousands of addresses (although you will have to divide the lot and process them in several batches). I’ve written a tutorial on how to do this with QGIS. http://www.stevevance.net/planning/geocoding-in-quantum-gis/

  7. Alessandro Pasotti Says:
    04 October 2010 at 21.18  

    Great!

    Thank you very much for your tutorial.

  8. Sam Flint Says:
    19 September 2011 at 18.42  

    Hi,

    I’m having a problem trying to add the geocoding plugin for QGIS.

    QGIS doesn’t detect the plugin and your link at the top of the page doesn’t work either.

    Is it still available?
    Thanks,
    Sam

  9. Alessandro Pasotti Says:
    20 September 2011 at 14.11  

    @Sam

    yesterday the pyqgis website was down for maintainance, this is why you couldn’t install.

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