As Teradata customers discover and begin to utilize the native Teradata database geospatial capabilities, one of the first questions that inevitably comes up is, how do I “Geocode” my data?  In fact, Geocoding will often be an important first phase of any Geospatial implementation project and sometimes even a barrier to start the project all together.  The purpose of this article is to discuss what Geocoding is, how it works, Geocoding options, precision, and sources available today for Geocoded information.

Now that you’ve installed Teradata’s geospatial features with Teradata Express let’s roll up our sleeves and see what we can do with this. (If you haven’t setup your TD Express with Geospatial yet, see my article.