Hello,
I do not have extensive experience using geocode software in stata and have begun experimenting with geocodeopen (which uses the MapQuest Geocode API) and georoute (which uses the HERE geo API). I am interested in obtaining the driving distance between two towns, but I am not using specific addresses when setting these locations. I am simply using "Town, State" as my identifiers. I was hoping to have the following question clarified
1. When I simply put town, state (ex: Lowell, MA) and obtain the coordinates with geocodeopen / georoute - what do these coordinates correspond to? Since I am not providing a specific address, do these coordinates reflect the geographic center of the town? The help files associated with these programs do not say - so I would appreciate if some documentation could be provided.
2. What are other popular geocoding software that people use for stata? I've seen geocode3 used, but that no longer exists. Ideally I would want a program(s) that would first determine the latitude and longitude of a town (i.e. it uses the coordinates associated with the geographic center of a town). With this information obtained, this programs (or a second one) would calculate the driving distance between these two points. I know traveltime can calculate the driving distance between two geographic points, but I was wondering what other programs people used.
Many thanks for help and suggestions
- TB
I do not have extensive experience using geocode software in stata and have begun experimenting with geocodeopen (which uses the MapQuest Geocode API) and georoute (which uses the HERE geo API). I am interested in obtaining the driving distance between two towns, but I am not using specific addresses when setting these locations. I am simply using "Town, State" as my identifiers. I was hoping to have the following question clarified
1. When I simply put town, state (ex: Lowell, MA) and obtain the coordinates with geocodeopen / georoute - what do these coordinates correspond to? Since I am not providing a specific address, do these coordinates reflect the geographic center of the town? The help files associated with these programs do not say - so I would appreciate if some documentation could be provided.
2. What are other popular geocoding software that people use for stata? I've seen geocode3 used, but that no longer exists. Ideally I would want a program(s) that would first determine the latitude and longitude of a town (i.e. it uses the coordinates associated with the geographic center of a town). With this information obtained, this programs (or a second one) would calculate the driving distance between these two points. I know traveltime can calculate the driving distance between two geographic points, but I was wondering what other programs people used.
Many thanks for help and suggestions
- TB
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