[GIS] Using MMQGIS for geocoding from CSV file

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I try geocoding locations from a CSV file in QGIS using mmqgis with no success.

is there a log file where I can see the error massages?
let's use one of the records as an example

When I use the GeoCode plugin and geocode Abu Gosh, Israel – I get the geocode but when I use mmqgis I have no luck. I tried putting country in the state field and city in the address field (I have no address).

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OK, solved. like most others having problems using this plugin i did not understand you must use UTF8 csv files as input. once this is done-no problem

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Check out this answer also for some info What ArcGIS geoprocessing tools support exporting tabular data to CSV?

Once you have a locator service, locator.addressesToLocations(options) is the API call to the locator http://help.arcgis.com/en/webapi/javascript/arcgis/jsapi/locator.html . However, none of the Esri sample servers let you batch geocode. You would need to set this up on your own ArcGIS Server. If you have a paid ArcGIS Online account you could do it there also.

As far as returning a csv file, one solution is to create your own geoprocessing service that wraps geocoding and places the finished file in the public output directory for download. You can then send the app the url of the file for a user to download.

Alternately, you could use flex or silverlight to receive the locator response, parse the json and save a csv file locally.

//this locator address is what it would look like, but you can't batch geocode (see above)
//var locator = new esri.tasks.Locator("http://sampleserver1.arcgisonline.com/ArcGIS/rest/services/Locators/ESRI_Geocode_USA/GeocodeServer");

var addresses = [{
  "OBJECTID": 0,
  "STREET": "440 Arguello Blvd",
  "ZONE": "94118"
}, {
  "OBJECTID": 1,
  "STREET": "100 Arguello Blvd",
  "ZONE": "94118"
}];

locator.outSpatialReference = map.spatialReference;

var options = {
  addresses: addresses
}

locator.addressesToLocations(options);

The addressesToLocations(options) will return an array of AddressCandidates. You can do whatever you like with them. You don't have to place on map. http://help.arcgis.com/en/webapi/javascript/arcgis/jsapi/addresscandidate.html

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I just figured out what happened. The street name in the street centerline file is split into two parts. Therefore, I have to reorganize it to make it in the same format as the CSV file.

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