=What is Geocoding=
More than once have I received the same response to a discussion related to geocoding :” hold on for a sec, what is geocoding again?”. To which I response with the same definition you can find on wikipedia: “geocoding is the procedure to translate addresses into lat/lons (wiki), along with a accuracy/precision/confidence, so that you can pin it to a map, as well as know how reliable that pinpoint is.” There are a number of web services that can make this job very easy for you. including google, bing, yahoo, and if you want to develop a geocoder yourself, a list of resources might be helpful. However, a more thorough and modern definition of geocoding requires further discussion. In my opinion, geocoding has been too narrowly defined as pinning addresses. People’s thoughts on “geocoding”, once related to “putting addresses on a map”, would be, “Oh, that’s useful; shouldn’t that be a simple task?”, There are at least the following 3 point that is worth noting when talking about geocoding: