'Geocoding Addresses' Category

  • Send Sales Territory Client Addresses from Excel or Outlook to your GPS

    Send Sales Territory Client Addresses from Excel or Outlook to your GPS

    Stacie R. writes: “Is there a GPS system that will allow me to import my sales territory which is on excel with columns such as Agency Name, Address, City, State, ZIP (similar to mappoint) onto a GPS? I could have 1000 or more addresses based on a several state territory which is why I [...]


  • How to Get your Business Listed in GPS POI Databases

    How to Get your Business Listed in GPS POI Databases

    How do you get a POI for your business listed on Garmin, TomTom, and other GPS receivers? This is a question small-business owners ask all the time. Here’s how to get your business POI added to Garmin GPS receivers and others.


  • Why can’t I find this address on your map?

    Why can’t I find this address on your map?

    Joe from South Carolina asks “I am trying to set up a waypoint for 408 richfarm ct, lexington, sc 29072. It plots it with the incorrect coordinates about 5 mi NE of proper location. (it is really off of richmond farm circle, which it plots correctly.) Is your source data outdated?? I want [...]


  • How do I create a GPS waypoint for an address?

    How do I create a GPS waypoint for an address?

    ExpertGPS author Dan Foster explains how to use the Go to Address command in ExpertGPS to create waypoints from addresses. This process is called geocoding. ExpertGPS contains a built-in geocoder which can convert addresses in several dozen countries into GPS waypoints.


  • How do I map a list of addresses?

    How do I map a list of addresses?

    Maxwell has an Excel spreadsheet containing 80 street addresses that he needs to be able to map. Dan Foster explains how to use the Go to Address command in ExpertGPS to create waypoints from geocoded addresses, and how to use a free batch geocoding service to process large lists like Maxwell’s.