Thursday, November 6

poor man's geocoding

Have you ever tried to pinpoint a location on a Google map, only to find out that it won't find it?  Well, when you have no choice but to try to find a way to MAKE Google find it, you get to use the poor man's geocoding method.
Step 1: Find the latitude and longitude of a point closest to what you are trying to pinpoint.

Step 2: Get a yellow sticky note and pen to write them down (trust me, way too many number!)

Step 3: Plug the latitude and longitude into Google maps search field.

Step 4: start adjusting each the latitude and longitude by just a few numbers at a time.

Step 5: Go take some Aleve, because your head will be pounding!!

That is it.  So to give you an example, see my pinpoint method used to find a Chickasaw Nation Wellness Center in Kingston, OK.

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