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- noun A
software mechanism forgeocoding .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Yahoo Maps is out of beta and has street-level maps for several countries in Europe - though the geocoder and driving directions are not yet ready.
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For example, if I was given the co-ordinates '38.89767,-77.03655' a reverse geocoder would be able to convert that into the address for the White House.
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If you click on this example map the reverse geocoder will convert the latitude and longitude into a postal address.
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Soren Johannessen has produced a test tool to compare Google's geocoder with Geode.
Geode for FireFox 2008
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Google's wizard requires users to find the latitude and longitudes of their markers whereas MapAList have developed a very accurate geocoder.
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The Google Maps API Tricks blog also has a post on how you can use Google Maps' own geocoder.
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The Google geocoder can export csv-data, which can then be directly imported into a Google Spreadsheet.
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Pamela Fox, of the Google Maps team, has also created a nice game that utilises the new reverse geocoder.
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The reverse geocoder is then used to work out the postal address of the point clicked and points are awarded based on how close the guess was.
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The map at the top will show your position as determined by Geode and the bottom map will show your position using Google's geocoder.
Geode for FireFox 2008
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