Geocoding in Excel

Wed, 08 May 2013 09:17:03 +0000

It’s easy to convert addresses into latitudes and longitudes into addresses in Excel. Here’s the Github project with a downloadable Excel file.

This is via Visual Basic code for a GoogleGeocode function that geocodes addresses.

Function GoogleGeocode(address As String) As String
    Dim xDoc As New MSXML2.DOMDocument
    xDoc.async = False
    xDoc.Load ("http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/" + _
        "xml?address=" + address + "&sensor=false")
    If xDoc.parseError.ErrorCode <> 0 Then
        GoogleGeocode = xDoc.parseError.reason
    Else
        xDoc.setProperty "SelectionLanguage", "XPath"
        lat = xDoc.SelectSingleNode("//lat").Text
        lng = xDoc.SelectSingleNode("//lng").Text
        GoogleGeocode = lat & "," & lng
    End If
End Function

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Ryan 8 Jun 2015 9:28 pm: I find this isn’t working and says, Compile Error; User defined type not defined xDoc As New MSXML2.DOMDocument what do I change to fix it? Thank you
Richie Lionell 27 Jul 2016 6:40 am: Ryan, Inside the VBE, Go to Tools -> References, then Select Microsoft XML, v6.0 . If that doesn’t work unselect that and select Microsoft XML, v3.0

Google Maps API

Thu, 30 Jun 2005 12:00:00 +0000

Google Maps API. But for some reason, it doesn’t work on Geocities. Related links: Google Maps Mania, London Traffic (and cameras)

google-maps-api on S Anand

Geocoding in Excel

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