Geocoding, the process of turning addresses into points, has long been the bane of many mappers’ existences. We never got all of our addresses to match, which meant enduring the tedious process of finding where the rest of the addresses should be on the map. We longed for an easier, faster way. And through the magic of the Internet, some easier ways are more readily available. Several Web sites, such as Google and batchgeocode.com, do bulk geocoding. They allow you to submit a collection of addresses and return the latitudes and longitudes. All you have to do is plop ... Read more ...