Evaluating two freely available geocoding tools for geographical inconsistencies and geocoding errors

Open Geospatial Data, Software and Standards

Table 1 A non-exhaustive list of geocoding services (Adapted from [17])

Sl. No.	Service Provider	Paid/Free	Description
1	ArcGIS Desktop	Paid	Cost of ArcGIS license
2	BatchGeocode.com	Free	5000/day
3	bromit.com	Free	Unlimited
4	Diddlefinger	Free	NA
5	FFIEC	Free	1 at a time
6	Geocoda	Paid	$49/month minimum
7	GeocodeFarm	Free	100 per day
8	GeocodeFarm	Paid	($25/25000); ($50/50,000); ($75/100,000)
9	Geolytics	Paid	1 million/$1195; unlimited/$5975
10	Geonames.org	Free	20,000/h
11	Google	Free	15,000/day
12	GPSVisualizer	Free	Individual and batch geocoding
13	HERE	Free	10,000 per day
14	HERE	Paid	$99/month for 15,000 addresses
15	IMapTools	Paid	$3000
16	Itouchmap.com	Free	1 at a time
17	Manifold Systems	Paid	$275 - $1000 depending on version
18	Map Channels	Free	1 at a time
19	MapLarge API	Free	1000 per day
20	MapLarge API	Paid	$0.004/geocode up to 4000 addresses to $0.0005/geocode for >10,000,001 locations
21	Maps Online	Free	1 at a time
22	maps.huge.info	Free	1 at a time
23	MyGeoposition.com	Free	1 at a time
24	NAC Geographic Products	Free	1 at a time
25	NAC Geographic Products	Paid	1000 addresses for 39 euros
26	Nearby.org.uk	Free	50-100 requests an hour
27	OpenGeocoding.org	Free	1 at a time
28	Postal Address Geo Coder PAGC	Free	NA
29	SRC Geocoder	Free	NA
30	SteveMorse.org	Free	1 at a time
31	TeleAtlas EZ-Locate	Paid	100 free, 25,000 for $410–100,000 for $1535
32	TerraPages	Paid	NA
33	Texas A&M Geoservices Geocoder	Free	2500
34	ThinkGeo	Paid	NA
35	Topo.ly	Free	500 per day
36	Travel GIS	Free	1 at a time
37	ViaMichelin.com	Free	1000 per day
38	Worldkit geocoder	Free	1 at a time
39	Yahoo	Free	5000/day