{"id":46,"date":"2017-09-17T02:22:39","date_gmt":"2017-09-17T02:22:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.easymapmaker.com\/support\/wordpress\/?p=46"},"modified":"2018-01-22T21:09:08","modified_gmt":"2018-01-22T21:09:08","slug":"addresses-not-mapped","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.easymapmaker.com\/support\/addresses-not-mapped\/","title":{"rendered":"Addresses not mapped"},"content":{"rendered":"

We use Google’s geo-coder to translate an address into a latitude and longitude set of coordinates to be placed on the map.<\/p>\n

Sometimes an address is not found and other times it can be placed where it should not be. The geo-coder appears to work very well in most industrialized countries such as the United States. If a location cannot be mapped, sometimes modifying the address slightly will get the address to work. If you only have a zip-code adding a country or state could improving the mapping if it gets placed in the wrong country.\u00a0 If an address includes “Apo”, sometimes removing that will help as well.<\/p>\n

You can\u00a0manually type in an address<\/a>\u00a0to see where\u00a0Google’s geo-coder<\/a>\u00a0will place an address .<\/p>\n

Be aware that google’s geo-coder is not the same as typing something in on Google Maps<\/strong>. Google maps most likely uses google’s vast search capabilities to find out where a restaurant, store, address, and other places should be placed on the map.<\/p>\n

The accuracy of the geo-coding can be viewed in the EasyMapMaker Accuracy column in the data (emm_acc). The following 4 values can occur:<\/p>\n