[R-sig-Geo] address to lat/long

[Tomislav Hengl]

Erin,

An example how to geocode address in R is given at:

http://spatial-analyst.net/wiki/index.php?title=Mapping_research_hot-spots#Geocoding_addresses

You might also want to take a look at rjson functionality 
[http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/geocoding/] e.g.:

 > library(rjson)
 > library(RCurl)
 > googleurl <- 
url("http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json?latlng=29.763159,-95.359386&sensor=false")
 > fromJSON(file=googleurl)[["results"]][[1]][["formatted_address"]]
[1] "1 Main St, Houston, TX 77002, USA"


T. Hengl
http://www.wewur.wur.nl/popups/vcard.aspx?id=HENGL001


On 11-10-2011 20:50, Hodgess, Erin wrote:
> Dear R Sig Geo People:
>
> Is there a function in the various geo packages that will take an address and produce lat/long values, please?
>
> thanks,
> Erin
>
>
> Erin M. Hodgess, PhD
> Associate Professor
> Department of Computer and Mathematical Sciences
> University of Houston - Downtown
> mailto: hodgesse at uhd.edu
>
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