[ale] OT: Coordinate services

[Robert Coggins]

Thanks to everyone so far who is answering my question.

More Info:  I am working on a Service app where I am utilizing a route 
scheduler to prioritize and schedule the work of of some tech every day. 
The scheduling service requires the lat and long for the routing bit. 
The information provided to me is just the address.  I would like to 
convert the address into lat and long to give the scheduler something to 
chew on.

Granularity does not have to be the driveway/parking lot.  Just 
something reasonable in order to prioritize the routing.  My initial 
thoughts are that a city block might be good enough.

I will need to be able to pull coordinates for thousands of addresses 
daily so I would want to be careful about wrongly using/abusing a free 
service.

Thanks again,

Robert


Robert Reese~ wrote:
>> Do any of you know of or recommend any professional services that
>> will provide geolocation coordinates from a physical address?
>>
>> By professional service I mean a company that will allow my
>> application to interface with them to pull these coordinates.  I
>> need someone that will also provide support.
>>
>> Thanks all!
> 
> 
> Hi Robert,
> 
> Depending on what you need, there may range from dozens of companies and even consumer-level products down to only a couple of companies that can provide the services.
> 
> It would help if you give us a little more details as to the projects requirements; I've looked at various ranges over the past few years as I gravitate closer to a GIS career.
> 
> Cheers,
> Robert Reese~
> 
> 
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