I’ve seen a few users using intersections to geocode against in the geocoder, it works great. Just put the intersection in the “Address” field in the format “ and “, for example:

5th and Main

You of course will still need to use the City and State fields to make sure your intersection is located properly. Its probably good to use street direction and type when available as well. Just append them to each street, i.e.:

SW 5th Ave and SW Main St

I’ve seen this done as a way to highlight sections of highway that obviously don’t have addresses, but do intersect other roads.

Want to host your saved map directly on your web site? You can by embedding it in an IFrame. Here is a simple script that demonstrates:

<iframe src=”http://www.batchgeocode.com/map/nw_kiteboard_shops”
frameborder=”0″ width=”770″ height=”775″></iframe>

(Replace the src=”” part with your own map URL)

Just add the code above to the HTML of your web site and your done! If the dimensions of the map don’t match your site, just edit the width and height variables.

UPDATE: You can now override the default css template (http://www.batchgeocode.com/default.css) by passing in your own CSS in the URL, ie:

http://www.batchgeocode.com/map/?i=nw_kiteboard_shops&css=http://www.batchgeocode.com/default.css

Just put your own css value where “&css=” in the URL. This will let you customize the colors and design to match your own site!

Was really surprised yesterday when I looked at site statistics and saw traffic was 4 times normal. Intrigued I took a look at the most recently created maps and found this:

Cruise Itinerary for MI3 on 5/3/06

Apparently somebody created an “Itinerary” for Tom Cruise’s launch of MI3 and posted it online. Is it real? Well I guess that doesn’t matter to the following celebrity news outlets that linked it:

gawker.com
bestweekever.tv
fark.com
gothamist.com

I don’t know what to say… I am, uh, happy for this? Although celebrity news to me is equivalent to the lowest form of spam, I am glad people found a use for the batchgeocoder for something unique.

Everyday is a suprise…

REMINDER: Any map you create on batchgeocode.com will not end up all over the internet unless you want it to. Links are not published in any form, so it is up to you to keep them to yourself or distribute them if you’d like.