Geocoding

Spatial data is necessary for spatial analysis. But what happens if you do not have spatial data? Location information comes in many different forms. If your data has location described as an attribute, you can place the data on a map and get the spatial data that you need. This course will demonstrate the many uses and methods for placing data on a map.
Exercises can be completed with either ArcGIS Pro or ArcGIS Online. (1 Hour, 15 Minutes)

This course will demonstrate how address information can help you geocode data to place it on a map and answer spatial questions in ArcGIS Pro. (1 Hour, 55 Minutes)

In this tutorial, you'll learn how to geocode a table of addresses or places using the Geocode Addresses tool in ArcGIS Pro.

In this tutorial, you're teaching a high school history class, and in the next unit, you'll be talking about historic kingdoms in Africa. You found a list of oldest continuously inhabited cities that you think will be useful for your students, and you want to share it with them as a map instead of a list.
You'll reformat the list of locations as a table. Then you'll geocode the table in ArcGIS Online. Geocoding is a process that converts location names to map coordinates. You'll review the matches produced by the geocoding process and fix any that are out of place. Finally, you'll apply a few edits to your new map before sharing it with your students.

If you have a CSV formatted file containing addresses, you can take advantage of QGIS to map out those addresses. This article contains step by step instructions for geocoding addresses using QGIS.

QGIS offers several plugins on how to translate a list of addresses to coordinates on a map, or vice versa. This guide covers two specific plugins which offer these geocoding features.