Geocoordinate Converter plugin

Description

The Geocoordinate Converter plugin  is a batch-transform* plugin that converts free addresses into geographical coordinates, i.e. latitude-longitude positions.

* More information about the different DISQOVER plugin types can be found here.

Download and installation

The plugin code can be downloaded from the table below and installed on your DISQOVER instance. Following steps are necessary to install the plugin:

1. Unzip the downloaded plugin in the /disqover/data/plugins/ folder on your DISQOVER instance. 
2. Restart your DISQOVER instance.

After installation on the DISQOVER server, the Geocoordinate Converter plugin will show up in the list of components in the Plugins section.

Component fields

Input predicates section

• Input Address: The predicate containing address in the format "street, city, country" or "street, country".

Output predicates section

• Geocoordinates: Predicate in which the resulting geocordinates will be stored. 

Output

The component will output a dictionary of the format.

{"lat": <latitude float>, "lon": <longitude float>}

Technical information and requirements

Input and output values are not cached.