Direct geocoding is the process of converting an address or a place name into geographic coordinates (latitude and longitude). This is typically done using a geocoding service or API, which can interpret the provided address and return the corresponding coordinates

Available for AutoCAD, BricsCAD, ZWCAD, GstarCAD and Desktop


Steps of getting the location for a list of addresses

1. Input data

  • Execute SPMGEOCODING_DIRECT command (in Spatial Manager Desktop go to Start/Search Location/Reverse Geo-coding)
  • Select a text file (CSV) and the field separator (comma, semicolon, space, …)

2. Select fields

  • Add the fields for compound the text for geo-coding process and sort them

3. Geocoding service

  • Select the provider between Bing, Google and OpenStreetMap (some of them may require an API key)
Direct geocoding options

Direct geocoding options

4. Coordinate retrieval

  • Review the resulting coordinates, export to CSV or insert to the current document
Geocoding results

Geocoding results

  • Select the source fields and add additional data obtained during the geocoding query
Draw and add data

Draw and add data

  • Export to CSV, selecting header, separators, …
Export result to CSV

Export result to CSV

Note: Some functionalities can be found in the Standard or Professional editions only