Geocode.py

McNair Admin

Location:

E:\McNair\Software\Scripts\Geocode.py

Name

This is a python program that uses google maps to find the latitude and longitude for an address.

Synopsis

python Geocode.py <input.txt>

Usage & Features

Input is a tab delimited ".txt" file with columns:

<Business Name> <Address>

In this location on powershell from the RDP (Must be from the RDP so it can import files):

E:\McNair\Software\Scripts

Enter this code:

python Geocode.py <input.txt>

The program will create an output file that looks like:

input.txt_coords

Which you will have to open with a right click into textpad.

Output

The output is a tab delimited with the three columns:

<Business Name> <Location["lat"]> <Location["lng"]>

Meaning Name, Latitude, Longitude in a tab delimited .txt file