GeoCoder Object: Append latitude and longitude coordinates to the sixth decimal, plus census tract/block group, FIPS and county name.

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GeoCoder Object

Append latitude and longitude coordinates to the sixth decimal, plus census tract/block group, FIPS and county name.

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Locate map coordinates from street address

Find latitude and longitude of address with GeoCoder Object

Locate map coordinates from street address and add latitude/longitude coordinates to the records in your database using your custom programs or Web site. Pass a ZIP + 4® code to this API and it returns the latitude & longitude coordinates along with the census tract data and block boundary. Not only can you find coordinates of an address, you can use the tract and block numbers to link to Census Bureau demographic data.

Use with programs written in a variety of languages:

Delphi, C, C+ +, Visual FoxPro, Oracle, Power Builder, Visual Basic, J Script, VB Script, and more.

Features

Yearly subscription updates either semi-annually or quarterly
Appends latitude/longitude coordinates to the 6th decimal place
Appends census tract and block group
Cross platform (Windows, Linux, Solaris)
Appends county FIPS code
Updates semiannually
Sample source code
Free technical support

Requirements

475 MB of hard disk space
256 MB RAM Minimum

Windows

98/ME/NT/2000/XP
Pentium III or higher processor

Linux Distributions

SUSE Enterprise 8-9, Red Hat 7.2 or Red Hat 8, or compatible enterprise versions. 32/64 bit (x86, x64)

Solaris Versions

Solaris 7,8,9,10. SPARC platform, 32/64 bit.

AIX Versions

5.2,5.3. POWER, rs/6000, PPC, 32/64 Bit

HPUX Versions

11.11 - 11.23, PA-RISC, Itanium, 32/64 bit