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to geocode

to geocode

6.4
To add map coordinates to an address or place
  • verb
  • /ˈdʒiːoʊˌkoʊd/
  • Specialized
translation icon : geocodificar
  • Locations of injuries were geocoded, aggregated by census tract, assessed for geospatial clustering, and matched to sociodemographic measures.
  • geocode addresses
  • geocoded tobacco outlets

Examples

  • Ninety-nine percent of outlets were successfully geocoded.

    Academic text (2007)

  • All addresses were geocoded to assign the spatial exposure estimates.

    Academic text (2014)

  • Residential addresses at study entry were geocoded through a variety of efforts described previously.

    Academic text (2012)

  • We then made extensive efforts to manually geocode addresses that could not be geocoded by the batch method.

    Academic text (2012)

  • We geocoded confirmed cases to an administrative local municipality using an address or the nearest reported town.

    Academic text (2013)

  • Ninety-six percent of all addresses were successfully geocoded.

    Academic text (2007)

  • Pediatric cancer centers were manually geocoded using the fixed point data service of the Federal Office of Topography (2010).

    Academic text (2013)

  • We geocoded tobacco outlet locations (N=7183) using the same procedures used for geocoding participant residential locations.

    Academic text (2011)

  • I used individual-level data on adults from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 (NLSY79) geocoded to the respondent's zip code area of residence.

    Academic text (2011)

  • The team worked tirelessly to geocode each address in the database to improve location accuracy.

Synonyms

to locate
vsto geocode
599 3.0

To put something in a particular place, for example an office or factory

adds exact geographic coordinates to data rather than general placement

Surface Forms

geocode infinitive
geocoded past
geocoded past participle
geocoding present participle
geocodes third person singular

Morphology

geocode = geocode (transparent) = geo + code

The verb is transparently derived by conversion from the noun 'geocode', meaning to assign such a code to data.

Etymology

Geocode as a verb means to add location information; it comes from geo- 'earth' and code 'a set of signs', so to geocode an address is to give it a 'location code' that lets maps and apps find it.