geo-code(1)
Convert a street address into geo coordinates
DESCRIPTION
Usage:
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geo-code [options] address citystate_or_zip [country]
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Convert (geocode) a street address into a latitude/longitude.
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geo-code [options] tele-phone-number
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Convert (geocode) a phone number into a latitude/longitude.
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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.
OPTIONS
- -o format
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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
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The waypoint name, e.g. Bob's House. The default
is the street address.
- -s
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Output shortened names (a gpsbabel option)
- -t type
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The waypoint type, e.g. house, cache, bar [new]
- -q
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Quiet. Do not output address confirmation on stderr.
- -S
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Alias for -o gpsdrive.sql
- -a
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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
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Debug level
- -U
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Retrieve latest version of this script
Countries:
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us, ca, fr, de, it, es, uk
EXAMPLES
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$ geo-code "123 AnyStreet" 12345
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123AnyStreet 42.81020 -73.95070 new
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$ geo-code -t house "123 AnyStreet" 12345
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123AnyStreet 42.81020 -73.95070 house
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$ geo-code -n "Bob's House" -t house "123 AnyStreet" 12345
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BobsHouse 42.81020 -73.95070 house
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$ geo-code -S -n "Bob" -t house "123 AnyStreet" 12345
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[waypoint is added to GpsDrive MySQL database]
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$ geo-code 901-555-1212
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123AnyStreet 42.81020 -73.95070 new