QGIS Geocoding Plugin - US Address

QGIS is one of the most widely used GIS products on the planet. People worldwide use this free, open-source utility to create, edit, visualize, analyze, and publish geospatial information on base maps such as Google Maps or Bing Virtual Earth. QGIS is available on Windows, Mac, Linux, BSD, and Android. Visit the QGIS homepage to learn more about its capabilities. You can even help refine QGIS by joining the community for developers and contributing documentation or translations.

Open QGIS and go to the plugin repository on the menu bar. Click "manage and install plugins" and search for Smarty in the search bar. Once you’ve installed the plugin you can look up a single address. Our QGIS plugin will return the geographic coordinates (latitude and longitude) for that address and some bonus metadata pertaining to that location (County FIPS, Congressional District, etc). Visit our documentation for step-by-step instructions and tutorials regarding how to geocode addresses in QGIS.

Yes, you do need to have QGIS installed on your machine to use this plugin. Luckily, QGIS is free and works with multiple systems. You can download QGIS here.

The Smarty US Geocoding QGIS Plugin is easiest to install while using QGIS—just search for Smarty in the plugins menu. Our documentation provides step-by-step instructions for the entire installation. You can also download the plugin directly from the QGIS website.

The Smarty QGIS Geocoding Plugin – US Address is extremely helpful when you want to visually map your address data and get the corresponding geographic coordinates but don’t necessarily want to set up a geocoding API or mess with coding. Perhaps you're an insurance carrier who needs exact geocoding to map out where particular properties are located. Maybe you want to see how close the street address of a new retail location would be to prospective customers. The applications are only limited by your imagination.

No, you don't need a Smarty US Geocoding QGIS Plugin subscription if you’re geocoding single addresses. However, those who do have a subscription to Smarty’s US Rooftop Geocoding product have the added ability to geocode a list of addresses within QGIS via an input CSV file. Visit our website to learn more about US Rooftop Geocoding pricing.

The Smarty QGIS Geocoding Plugin is incredibly accurate because it uses the same technology behind Smarty’s US Rooftop Geocoding engine. You can learn more about the different levels of geocoding and compare geocode features here.