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geo-code

NAME

geo-code - Convert a street address into geo coordinates

DESCRIPTION

Usage:

geo-code [options] address citystate_or_zip [country]

Convert (geocode) a street address into a latitude/longitude.

geo-code [options] tele-phone-number

Convert (geocode) a phone number into a latitude/longitude.

In either case, the output can be formatted to any of the output file types that gpsbabel supports, or directly imported into the GpsDrive MySQL waypoint database.

Requires:

curl

http://curl.haxx.se/

gpsbabel

http://gpsbabel.sourceforge.net/

OPTIONS

-o format

Output format, -o? for possibilities [gpsdrive] plus "gpsdrive.sql" for direct insertion into MySQL DB plus "latlon" for just Lat<tab>Long. plus "map" to display a map.

-n name

The waypoint name, e.g. Bob's House. The default is the street address.

-s

Output shortened names (a gpsbabel option)

-t type

The waypoint type, e.g. house, cache, bar [new]

-q

Quiet. Do not output address confirmation on stderr.

-S

Alias for -o gpsdrive.sql

-a

For SQL, delete existing record only if it matches all fields. Otherwise, delete it if it matches just the name and the type.

-D level

Debug level

-U

Retrieve latest version of this script

Countries:

us, ca, fr, de, it, es, uk

EXAMPLES

$ geo-code "123 AnyStreet" 12345

123AnyStreet 42.81020 -73.95070 new

$ geo-code -t house "123 AnyStreet" 12345

123AnyStreet 42.81020 -73.95070 house

$ geo-code -n "Bob's House" -t house "123 AnyStreet" 12345

BobsHouse 42.81020 -73.95070 house

$ geo-code -S -n "Bob" -t house "123 AnyStreet" 12345

[waypoint is added to GpsDrive MySQL database]

$ geo-code 901-555-1212

123AnyStreet 42.81020 -73.95070 new

SEE ALSO

geo-nearest

http://home.mn.rr.com/richardsons/sw/geo-nearest

geo-pg

http://home.mn.rr.com/richardsons/sw/geo-pg