Re: st: new geocode command on ssc

[Stefan Bernhard <stefanbernhard88@gmail.com>]

Hi Darren,

please make sure that the addresses in address(varname) do not contain
any blanks or special characters.
Blanks should be replaced with "+", special characters with something
useful (like "ss" for "ß"), as documented in -help geocode3-.

I added a line that asserts that and replaces blanks if needed (not
special signs because there are just too many to control for and I
don't even know which ones are rejected by Stata in other languages
than German). However, until that is online replace your blanks with

replace varname= subinstr(varname, " ", "+",.)

Another thing i found out is that my standard formatting of %12.9f of
the output g_lat and g_lon variables is messy for some values e.g. the
Australien coordinates, change it to something better like %12.9g and
it displays correctly (the values are right anyway, just the display
is off).

regards
Stefan



2013/5/20 Darren White <darrenm.white@health.qld.gov.au>:
> Hi Stefan
>
> The geocode routine doesn't like Australian addresses. Any tips appreciated
>
> regards
>
> Darren
>
>>>> Stefan Bernhard <stefanbernhard88@gmail.com> 5/20/2013 3:34 pm >>>
> Hello fellow statlist-subscribers,
>
> there is a new command on ssc
>
> -geocode3-
>
> which uses Google Geocode API V3 to get coordinates from addresses, or
> addresses from coordinates.
>
> Please let me know if you encounter any problems with the program.
>
> Stefan Bernhard
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