The Google Geocode API allows your business to make use of the global information available on Google Maps by converting street addresses into geographic coordinates to place markers on Google Maps.

Google has announced a new geocoding web service app authors can use to better plot locations on a map. The new Google Geocoding Web Service includes some enhanced capabilities that not only make it ...

Geocoding usually refers to taking an address or other location and turning it into a pair of coordinates. You can then plot that coordinate on an online map, or find things near it. Latitude and ...

Maps have been an integral part of our lives since ancient times. The Sumerian Empire maps dating back to 5,000 B.C. are proof that humans have long tried to make sense of their surroundings and chart ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about the broad intersection of data and society. When we talk about “geocoding” we most commonly refer to textual ...

Since patents are all the rage these days I thought I would toss out the following: Google was awarded a patent today. The patent is for technology that allows a geocode (latitude, longitude) to be ...

Frank Taylor started the Google Earth Blog in July, 2005 shortly after Google Earth was first released. He has worked with 3D computer graphics and VR for many years and was very impressed with this ...

For those of you who stay on top of those Google Patent, its important for you to know that they were just awarded a patent named Address Geocoding. Gary Price explains; It's quite easy to envision ...