Geocoding with geocod.io

GEOCODING

Geocoding is the process of converting addresses into geographic coordinates. This is typically an expensive proposition, particularly for larger datasets that also requires cumbersome custom API implementation with third party API’s. Geocoding is usually required for displaying address type coordinates on a map.

GEOCOD.IO

After evaluating a number of geocoding services, we are pleased to announce an integration with geocod.io for its simplicity, accuracy and cost effectiveness. By partnering with geocod.io, latitude and longitude lookup support is now included within Cloud9 Charts. The service is free for up to 2500 lookups a day, all the way to $750/mo for high volume, unlimited usage (see geocod.io pricing details).

HOW IT WORKS

Following is a 5 minute, hands-on walkthrough to determine Lat/Longs from some addresses, to then display it on a map:

1. Copy and paste the following into https://www.cloud9charts.com/csv-json-files-analytics.

State	City	Address
Florida	Orlando	1912 S Orange Avenue
Ohio	Piketon	4077 Union Hill Road
Georgia	Appling	3162 Johnson Drive
Michigan	Kalamazoo	5581 Cracker Barrel Blvd
Virginia	Chesapeake	1401 N. George Washington Hwy
New Mexico	Roswell	2300 block of Davis Ave
Georgia	Moultrie	Rossman Dairy Road
Pennsylvania	Pittsburgh (Wilkinsburg)	1304 Franklin Avenue
Kansas	Kansas City	3000 block of South 36th Street

2. Click on Show me. On the dashboard, click on the Filter icon –> click on Cloud9QL. Cloud9QL is a powerful data transformation syntax that includes support for geocoding, IP to geo conversion, predictions, cohorts and other analytics functions.

3. Add the following into the Cloud9QL:

select concat(address,’,’,city,’,’,state) as address;

select geocode(address,626bb3d8cd2c3db255d2223c67f670525d7a5d5)

The first statement concats the the address, city and state in comma separated form; the results of this are passed into the second statement which calls into the geocod.io.

The geocode function takes two parameters: the address field and the geocod.io API key. (The API key above is for small scale tests. We recommend obtaining your own API key from geocod.io)

The results will look something like this, with lat & long plus a few other fields.