Re: Mass Uploading

Do you know of any automated way of using the Yahoo! Geocoding API?
I'm thinking of a way to submit a CSV list of addresses (I want about
1000 geocoded and it's a one-time operation) that would output a list
of lat-long coordinates?

I don't know how to program, and while I could figure out how to use
the API and hack together something in Javascript that would geocode my
list of addresses, it seems like re-inventing the wheel.

Thanks!

Adam Schneider wrote:
> Ohio Naturalist wrote:
> > Thanks for the additional information, Adam.
> >
> > If I understand this correctly then, GPS Visualizer is NOT restrained
> > by a ~200 marker 'limit' provided the lat/long geocoding is completed
> > by other means -- am I understanding this accurately?
>
> Correct. If you upload a file that already includes latitude and
> longitude values, you can have as many waypoints as you want, up to 2
> MB worth. (And that would be a LOT of points!)
>
> What kind of data are you trying to plot, by the way?
>
>
> > To your
> > knowledge, is there any quantity (of markers on a single map) that
> > would cause Google Maps to perform "sluggishly"?
>
> No specific quantity, but there's no question that the more points you
> add, the slower it's going to be, especially when the map is first
> being created. But I've yet to see a collection of waypoints that
> completely froze up my Web browser. (Long track overlays are much
> worse when it comes to killing browsers.)
>
>
> > I've heard this
> > adjective used on several occassions, but I'm hoping that it is more a
> > function of how the map is constructed then the actual number of
> > markers on the map.
>
> I think it's both. I just created a 400-point map, and it did NOT take
> 40 times as long to show up compared to a 10-point map! In fact it
> took about twice as long (9 seconds vs. 4 seconds).
>
>
> Adam Schneider
> http://adamschneider.net/
> http://www.gpsvisualizer.com/