Address geocoding

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Address geocoding, or simply geocoding, is the process of taking a text-based description of a location, such as an address or the name of a place, and returning geographic coordinates (typically the latitude/longitude pair) to identify a location on the Earth's surface. Reverse geocoding on the other hand converts geographic coordinates to the description of a location, usually the name of a place or an addressable location. Geocoding relies on a computer representation of address points, the street / road network, together with postal and administrative boundaries. Geocode (verb): provide geographical coordinates corresponding to (a location). Geocode (noun): is a code that represents a geographic entity (location or object).In general is a human-readable and short identifier; like a nominal-geocode as ISO 3166-1 alpha-2, or a grid-geocode, as Geohash geocode. Geocoder (noun): a piece of software or a (web) service that implements a geocoding process i.e. a set of interrelated components...

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