The Texas A&M Geoservices Geocoder is a work in progress that functions well in many cases
but may fall short in others. As more development takes place we
hope to increase the former and decrease the latter. If you
find our service does not meet your needs, the following list
of available geocoders can guide you toward other available options.
Last updated - July 1, 2013
Online primary source free geocoders
These geocoders are free and appear to do their own geocoding
Online secondary source free geocoders
These geocoders are free and appear to use other free service to do their geocoding
| Name |
Free Limit |
API |
Source |
Notes |
| BatchGeocode.com |
5000/day |
no |
Yahoo |
Supports batch and single geocoding. Nice interface for pasting data into form.
Allows you to map your fields and validate your input data.
|
| ZipMgr.com |
10/day |
no |
Ajm Software |
|
| Worldkit geocoder |
|
no |
geocoder.us, Geo::PostalCode, jibble.org, GEOnet Names Server |
|
| MyGeoposition.com/ |
|
no |
Appears to be Google |
|
| Itouchmap.com |
|
no |
Google, USGS, NGA |
|
| GPSVisualizer |
|
no |
Google
and
Yahoo
|
Supports batch and single geocoding. Nice interface for pasting data into form.
Allows you to map your fields.
|
| Map Channels |
|
no |
Google
|
Single and batch geocoding |
| Map24 (Navteq) |
10000/day |
yes |
Navteq |
|
| OpenGeocoding.org |
unlimited, one at a time |
no |
Google
and
Yahoo
|
Can output in many formats: map, xml, json, csv, kml |
| Placemarks.net |
50/day |
no |
Google
|
Allows users to upload xls and open office files of data, checks them, geocodes them, and outputs kml |
| SteveMorse.org |
|
no |
google, geocoder.us, ibegin, locatient, terraserver, yahoo |
Sngle and batch, compares the outputs from different geocoders |
| Topo.ly |
10,000 per day |
no |
google |
Maps address data from spreadsheet |
Online primary source pay geocoders
These geocoders charge a fee and appear to do their own geocoding
| Name |
Free Limit/Cost |
API |
Reference Data |
Notes |
| TeleAtlas EZ-Locate |
100 free, 25,000 for $410 - 100,000 for $1,535 |
yes |
TeleAtlas |
|
| NAC Geographic Products |
1,000 addresses for 39 euros |
yes |
Microsoft MapPoint Web Service |
Appears to support 26 countries and geocode "universal addresses".
|
| ThinkGeo |
|
no |
|
60 day trial version |
| Spatial Insights |
One-time Setup fee: $2,500.00, monthly minimum: $200.00 for 15,000
|
no |
|
|
| TerraPages |
|
yes |
G-NAF |
Australia geocoder |
| Geocoda |
$49/month minimum |
yes |
Not Listed |
|
| GeocodeFarm |
($25/25,000) - ($50/50,000) - ($75/100,000) |
yes |
Several |
|
| MapLarge API |
2,000-4,000records: .004/geocode $10-16 total
10,000,001+records: .0005/geocode $9000+ total |
yes |
TIGER + Others |
|
| HERE |
10,000/day free. For licensing options please see: Getting Started |
yes |
HERE Maps |
coverage: Worldwide |
PC-based primary source free geocoders
These geocoders are free and appear to do their own geocoding
PC-based primary source pay geocoders
These geocoders charge a fee and appear to do their own geocoding
PC-based secondary source free geocoders
These geocoders are free and appear to use other free service to do their geocoding
If you have other geocoders to add to this list,
please
let us know
