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Hacking Maps (O'ReillyNet)

Schuyler Erle, Rich Gibson and Jo Walsh discuss geocoding in an O'Reilly book excerpt. "You've got the address, but where is that in GPS terms? In these two excerpts from Mapping Hacks, learn how to geocode (adding geographic coordinates, such as latitude and longitude, to other information) a U.S. street address, as well as a whole database of addresses using the geocoder.us web services."
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