How to geocode in open-source QGIS
Quantum GIS (commonly known as QGIS) is an open-source Geographic Information Systems application that has been gaining ground since 2004. It runs on all operating systems (it began as a Linux project) and you can download it for free.
I used it a couple times because ESRI doesn’t make the popular ArcGIS software for Mac. That’s unfortunate, but like I said here, software, technology and mapping issues can be easily overcome – we can use QGIS to create maps. QGIS, though, is missing one major feature for basic map building: geocoding.
Here’s a step-by-step tutorial on how to bring in addresses onto your QGIS map: Read the rest of this entry »
