Python Google Geocoder

Geocoding is the process of assigning geographic coordinates to addresses.

This Workbench uses the Google Geocoder for geocoding addresses stored in a text file and creates a point Shape as result.

The geocoding functionality is implemented in Python and is embedded in FMEs PythonCaller. Hence it will only run with FME 2007 or later.

Please open PythonCaller/Python Source Code and read my comments for further information.

The attached file fme2007_google_geocoder.zip contains the workbench and some german addresses as sample data.

Note: Using FME 2008 you may get the following error message when setting unicode string attributes:

 Python Exception <exceptions.TypeError>: in method 
 'FMEFeature_setStringAttribute', argument 3 of type 'char const *'

If this error occurs, please change the way to set string attributes from

 setStringAttribute

to typeless

 setAttribute

This should solve the problem.

Please read pyfme.setStringAttribute error(?) (http://groups.google.com/group/fmetalk/browse_thread/thread/229d006a3fd493b8) for further details.

Oliver (mailto:pyfme@gmx.net)