The Google Geocode API allows your business to make use of the global information available on Google Maps by converting street addresses into geographic coordinates to place markers on Google Maps.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about the broad intersection of data and society. When we talk about “geocoding” we most commonly refer to textual ...

Google has announced a new geocoding web service app authors can use to better plot locations on a map. The new Google Geocoding Web Service includes some enhanced capabilities that not only make ...

Google charges $17 USD for thousand monthly address validation requests, a price significantly higher than the existing Geocoding API. The Google Maps Platform offers a monthly free tier of $200 USD.

Use the Google Places API to track information such as the density of schools in different neighborhoods. Build a Twitter location application using the Google Geocoding API.