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What you can do with Geocodio

Geocodio makes it easy to turn US and Canadian addresses into latitude/longitude coordinates and latitude/longitude coordinates into addresses. You can also enrich your location data with Census data such as FIPS codes, Congressional Districts/ridings, timezones, and more.

This guide is focused on using our spreadsheet geocoding tool. We also have an API.

Geocoding is the process of converting addresses to latitude and longitude coordinates (i.e. GPS coordinates) so that a computer can understand them. Computers do not understand addresses; they only understand coordinate pairs. Reverse geocoding, similarly, is the process of converting latitude/longitude pairs into addresses so humans can read them.

Geocodio's geocoding can:

  • Convert US and Canadian addresses to latitude/longitude, or

  • Convert US, Canadian, and Mexican latitude/longitude to approximate addresses

You can download a sample geocoded spreadsheet here or see more about results here.

Geocodio can also clean, standardize, and complete addresses, including:

  • Address parsing (i.e. splitting an address into street, city, state/province, and postal code)

  • Address standardization

  • Address spelling correction

  • Address completion

  • Adding counties

Geocodio can also append additional information to coordinates or addresses at the same time, including:

Address or Coordinates to US Census Data (i.e. FIPS codes, MSAs)

Address or Coordinates to USPS ZIP+4 (ZIP9)

Address or Coordinates to Timezones

Address or Coordinates to Congressional (House) Districts

Address or Coordinates to Congressional Senator/Representative Legislator Information

Address or Coordinates to State Legislative Districts

Address or Coordinates to Federal Ridings (Canadian electoral districts)

Address or Coordinates to Provincial/Territorial Ridings (Canadian electoral districts)

Address or Coordinates to School Districts

Address or Coordinates to Canadian Census Data (Statistics Canada)

Address or Coordinates to Census American Community Survey: Social (Education and Veteran Status)

Address or Coordinates to Census American Community Survey: Economics (Household Income)

Address or Coordinates to Census American Community Survey: Demographics

Address or Coordinates to Census American Community Survey: Families

Address or Coordinates to Census American Community Survey: Housing