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Geonames Search Task in ArcGIS Explorer

Sriharsha Vankadara — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 02:16:00 +0000

For those of you who are not aware, ESRI publishes video tutorials on its free subscription channel at Viddler.com on its wide range of products.

Here’s one interesting video on how one can enhance the search and find capabilities of ArcGIS Explorer by adding a Geonames Search task that is available from the resource center.

The Explorer team did a good work by not just running through the process of finding places using this task, but rather had a story with an objective to find a place in Glacier National Park, Montana.

Find Postal Address By Clicking On Google Map

Sriharsha Vankadara — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 12:26:00 +0000

Here’s something that puts to use, the new ‘Reverse Geocoding’ feature of the Google Maps API.

This Digital Inspiration page lets you click on a Google Map and returns the nearest street address.

Also, a search box is included to find an approximate location before you click to get an address.

via Free Geography Tools

Zip code finder

Sriharsha Vankadara — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 14:47:00 +0000

We all are very much aware of the importance of a zip code in any address. Sometimes, zip code makes me wonder if there is any importance to the house number or street at all, as whenever you give out an address, even if in case you may seem to forget mentioning about the zip, the other person would definitely make sure we realize the basic rules of addresses.

Cutting the crap, Zipry is a simple and neat zip code finder for the United States that takes input – the five digit zip code and gives out details such as latitude, longitude, city, county, state prefix, state name, area code and the time zone.

Although this may not be a site that you would want to visit on a daily basis, its worth keeping in mind that a simple zip finder exists…