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Geocoding with Open Street Maps and FileMaker | ClickWorks

Geocoding with Open Street Maps and FileMaker | ClickWorks | Learning Claris FileMaker | Scoop.it

Geocoding with Open Street Maps

RETRIEVING LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE


As an alternative for the Google Maps API, you might consider using Open Street Maps (OSM).

OSM has a very simple, clever geocoding service called Nominatim.

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Geocoding and Mapping Module for FileMaker Pro | MSN Media

Geocoding and Mapping Module for FileMaker Pro | MSN Media | Learning Claris FileMaker | Scoop.it
In the past few months we've had several projects that needed some basic mapping functions for FileMaker Go on iPad, and for one reason or another, never really made anything that was easily replicable.

Realizing that we were more than likely going to need to do this again, we thought it was time to find a module of some sort that we could easily plug in as needed.

Our aim was to have a simple way to take a group of addresses and create a map using the Google API in FileMaker, and that was all.

Nothing fancy - just simple, elegant, and (ideally) ready-to-go out of the box.

 

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