Geocoding Addresses

Geocoding an address identifies its geographic coordinates.

Having longitude and latitude information for an address makes it easy to:

• Visualize it on a map

• Compute its distance from another address

• Find it when it lies within a certain radius of a point of interest

The Geocoded Address page item type lets you do geocoding in any page in the browser. If your application runs on Autonomous Database, you can also do server-side geocoding using a dedicated page process or workflow activity.