A SURVEY OF NATIONAL GEOCODING SYSTEMS

The document describes major geocoding systems. It is organized into sections that categorize geocoding systems by type. Section 2 deals with systems that are primarily geopolitical in nature and provide general reference coding structures for administrative or other purposes. Section 3 includes those geocoding systems that reference either special significance locations or a combination of geopolitical, geostatistical and special significance locations. The geocoding systems in Section 4 include those that reference areas delineated according to special criteria, such as economic or postal distribution patterns. Finally, Section 5 discusses those systems based on grid networks.

• Corporate Authors:

  Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Urban Systems Laboratory, 77 Massachusetts Avenue
  Cambridge, MA  United States  02139

  Transportation Systems Center

  55 Broadway, Kendall Square
  Cambridge, MA  United States  02142
• Authors:
  • Werner, P A
• Publication Date: 1974-11

Media Info

• Pagination: 356 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Census; City planning; Classification; Coding systems; Economic factors; Electrical grids; Federal government; Geographic information systems; Geography; Land; Land use; Local government; Maps; Politics; Postal service; Statistics; Urban areas
• Uncontrolled Terms: Criteria; Economic geography
• Old TRIS Terms: Coding; Land classifications; Physical geography; Urban geography
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Economics; Geotechnology; Highways; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00090519
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: Final Rpt.
• Contract Numbers: DOT-TSC-692
• Files: NTIS, TRIS
• Created Date: May 29 1975 12:00AM