Insertion of points in the drawing from postal addresses

Load texts from CSV files and seek for their coordinates. Resulting points includes attached data.

Insert map Points from a geographic data table

Spatial Manager Desktop™ includes the ‘Direct geocoding’ function that allows you to compose addresses from a geographic data file (CSV, TXT, etc.) and geocode these addresses through a Geocode provider (Google, Bing, OpenStreetMap). Once you load the geographic file, you can preview the resulting table, configure some file parameters (such as the fields delimiter, etc.), select (add or remove) and sort the appropriate fields, and select the provider to geocode from the list.

Notes:

• Certain location service providers (such as Google or Bing) may require special terms of use for the users of this service. You can configure any special setting for such providers through the Service Provider API Keys.
• If you select a large number of addresses to geocode, the application will warn you that this operation may involve high data consumption depending on the geocoding provider chosen.

Once the direct geocoding process is finished, you will get a results table including all the fields returned by the chosen geocoding service. Those addresses that could not be geocoded (perhaps due to insufficient or inconclusive data) are shown in a different color. From the results of the table, you can:

• Draw the geocoded Points. Note that you can use the ‘Direct geocoding’ function even without any map document open. In this case, the insertion of points will be processed in a new blank document.
• Export the table to a CSV file: Select the exporting to CSV parameters (delimiter, separator, etc.). You can also opt to omit in the exported CSV the addresses that have not been geocoded.