NAME

       geo-code - Convert a street address into geo coordinates

DESCRIPTION

   Usage:
              geo-code [options] address citystate_or_zip [country]

              Convert (geocode) a street address into a latitude/longitude.

              geo-code [options] tele-phone-number

              Convert (geocode) a phone number into a latitude/longitude.

              In  either  case,  the output can be formatted to any of the output file types that
              gpsbabel supports, or directly imported into the GpsDrive MySQL waypoint database.

   Requires:
       curl   http://curl.haxx.se/

       gpsbabel
              http://gpsbabel.sourceforge.net/

OPTIONS

       -o format
              Output format, -o? for possibilities  [gpsdrive]  plus  "gpsdrive.sql"  for  direct
              insertion into MySQL DB plus "latlon" for just Lat<tab>Long.  plus "map" to display
              a map.

       -n name
              The waypoint name, e.g. Bob's House.  The default is the street address.

       -s     Output shortened names (a gpsbabel option)

       -t type
              The waypoint type, e.g. house, cache, bar [new]

       -q     Quiet. Do not output address confirmation on stderr.

       -S     Alias for -o gpsdrive.sql

       -a     For SQL, delete existing record only if it matches all fields.   Otherwise,  delete
              it if it matches just the name and the type.

       -D level
              Debug level

       -U     Retrieve latest version of this script

   Countries:
              us, ca, fr, de, it, es, uk

EXAMPLES

              $ geo-code "123 AnyStreet" 12345

              123AnyStreet 42.81020 -73.95070 new

              $ geo-code -t house "123 AnyStreet" 12345

              123AnyStreet 42.81020 -73.95070 house

              $ geo-code -n "Bob's House" -t house "123 AnyStreet" 12345

              BobsHouse 42.81020 -73.95070 house

              $ geo-code -S -n "Bob" -t house "123 AnyStreet" 12345

              [waypoint is added to GpsDrive MySQL database]

              $ geo-code 901-555-1212

              123AnyStreet 42.81020 -73.95070 new

SEE ALSO

       geo-nearest
              http://home.mn.rr.com/richardsons/sw/geo-nearest

       geo-pg http://home.mn.rr.com/richardsons/sw/geo-pg