What is the best address standardization and geocoding software available?
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Background\nThe intent of this guideline is to be a technical reference for geocoding street addresses, and to provide some background on the technologies used by the Washington State Department of Health (DOH). The DOH Division of Information Resource Management (DIRM) currently provides address standardization and geocoding services. These services are available to all divisions of DOH as well as other State agencies, Local Health Jurisdictions and other health related agencies. DIRM attempts to provide the highest quality and number of street level address matches. To this end, DOH has entered into data sharing agreements with many Washington State counties to share accurate street and parcel ownership data. Combining these data with commercially available data allows DIRM to maximize the number and quality of matches. Appendix A provides definitions of technical terms used in this guideline.\n\nAddress Standardization\nAddress standardization takes a street address and ZIP code and attempts to correct misspellings and changes in ZIP codes. The address is parsed into standard pieces including the house number, street name, direction prefix, direction suffix, and the street type. Once these parts of the address are created the values are then standardized (e.g. AV becomes AVE, LP becomes Loop). Currently we use the Centrus software from Group 1 Software, Inc. http://www.centrus.com. The data used by Centrus is proprietary and comes from both the USPS and Geographic Data Technologies. The data are updated quarterly and the standardized addresses are CASS certified by the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) for bulk mailing rates. The Centrus software compares addresses to a USPS national database. This step is critical for increasing geocoding match rates. (See Appendix B for examples.)\n\nAddress Matching\nAddress matching is the process of matching the street address and ZIP code in the original dataset to another address and ZIP code. Typically, the second address and ZIP code represent street centerlines or ownership parcels. The street centerlines can have address ranges and ZIP codes assigned to each side of the street. The ownership parcels have a single address and ZIP code assigned to a point. \n\nGeocoding\nThere are three main types of geocoding functions. The first type assigns latitude and longitude to a street address that has been matched to a street centerline or ownership parcel. This is the only type of geocoding covered in this guideline. These addresses can then be displayed as points on a map, or aggregated to larger areas (e.g. city limits, wellhead protection areas, school districts). For example, this type of geocoding can be used to show points on a map for all the addresses in the Washington State Cancer Registry. CAUTION: In general, the latitude and longitude at which a health event occurred are confidential information. Just as publishing someone’s address is most often a violation of confidentiality, data users need to be sensitive to the scale at which they display dots representing health events on maps. Before disseminating such maps they need to be sure that this method of visualizing data does not violate confidentiality. \n\nThe second type of geocoding is used for data without a street address. If the data in the original dataset has a geographic reference (e.g. ZIP code, county, U.S. Census tract) it can be geocoded to those geographic features. The data can be displayed as counts in graduated colors on a map. For example, survey results that contain only ZIP codes can be shown on a map, by the number of results in each ZIP code. \n\nThe third type of geocoding is used for data without a street address or a specific geographic reference. This requires a common link between the data in a given data set and an existing geographic feature. For example, a data set that contains a hospital name and bed capacity can be shown at the hospital locations on a map. This is accomplished by linking the hospi
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http://www.ip2location.com/free.asp
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http://myipaddress.com
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ESRI, it aint cheap, but it is strictly made for maps like that. autocad map will do it too, but not as easy, but its a little cheaper. you could look at google earth too.
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I coded up a map the other day that lets me click on it and get the location of the click (I just needed to get a few coordinates).\nThere is a lot of discussion about geocoding with PHP in the discussion group. Just do a search.
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I used to use UK2.NET but it often seemed quite slow, I am now hosted in the states and it is much better. From the UK reg123.co.uk is quite good (value and service).
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http://www.asterisk.org/\n\nIt's very cool for small/medium phone applications.
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I also use mambo. But I also have hoste sites using Post Nuke. Give it a try!
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Google Earth and click on satelite map. Don't forget to put in your address
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Lots of free services out there.\nSMS.AC is a prime example. Though there's some daily limits.\nFor the UK you can use: MTNSMS
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I own a Garmin iQue 3600 which is a PDA, where I can store all my contacts, documents like spreadsheets and word files, and has a built in GPS system.\n\nWith the mapsets that come with it, you can navigate anywhere in North America.... as I'm driving down the street, it actually tells me what address I am passing!\n\nI purchased Intelligolf Eagle Edition, which allows for GPS mapping of golf courses, with many courses already mapped. The device is easy to use, and is very accurate. If you are mapping out your favorite courses, you can map 3 points or objects like bunkers, hazards, trees etc, as well as the 200, 150 and 100 markers and you can even map the front, middle and back of the green.\n\nCourses are free to download or upload, unlike other devices like the SkyCaddie, where you pay an annual subscription.\n\nI paid $382. cdn off Ebay, with 2006 mapset and full warranty(costs $599. U.S. from Garmin site) for the device including all the auto navigation kit, and another $60 cdn for the Intelligolf.... less then the SkyCaddie and course subscriptions.\n\nI threw away all my maps, as I no longer need them.,... I just let the iQue3600 "tell" me where to turn.... yes it talks!\n\nI even typed in "Golden Corral" when I was in Hilton Head, and it told me where to drive to get dinner!\n\nHighly recommended!
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get this software downloaded(Google Globe) , enter the coordinates and you'll find yourself right at the address\n\nhttp://earth.google.com/
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i find that most people use either Bitcomet or Azureus. i would recommend bitcomet since it has an internal tracker that links you to other bitcomet users.
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I see you're a man who knows what he wants!  :)\n\nTry Netmarks Manager.  I think it prolly has everything you want.  "Dirt cheap" is relative, but it has 45 day evaluation demo.  After that it's $24 to register.
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go for ip tracer software
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How about Google Pages or Yahoo! Geocities?
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try the geosites, it's better,