Generic C# GeoCoding API

Includes a model and interface for communicating with three popular Geocoding providers. Current implementations include:

• Google Maps - docs
• Yahoo! PlaceFinder - docs
• Bing Maps (aka Virtual Earth) - docs

The API returns latitude/longitude coordinates and normalized address information. This can be used to perform address validation, real time mapping of user-entered addresses, distance calculations, and much more.

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Simple Example

IGeoCoder geoCoder = new GoogleGeoCoder("my-api-key");
Address[] addresses = geoCoder.GeoCode("123 Main St");

It can also be used to return address information from latitude/longitude coordinates (aka reverse geocoding):

IGeoCoder geoCoder = new YahooGeoCoder("my-app-ID");
Address[] addresses = geoCoder.ReverseGeoCode(38.8976777, -77.036517);

How to Build from Source

In order to compile the solution in Visual Studio, you must first run build.bat. This will run a basic Debug build without running any tests. The build process generates some files that are needed to compile in Visual Studio.

Service Tests

You will need to generate API keys for each respective service to run the service tests. Edit App.config in the Tests project and put in your API keys.