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Overview

The USC GIS Research Laboratory WebGIS site provides access to many of the services developed during the course of ongoing research in the lab. The services offered focus foremost on the production and accuracy of geographic data. Improving and explaining the underlying accuracy of one's data will lead to increased precision and confidence in the scientific conclusions drawn from them.

Available free services

Address Processing
Services for processing postal addresses including address parsing, normalization, standardization, and validation
Geocoding
Services for turning postal addresses into geographic coordinates including parsed, non-parsed, and batch postal address database geocoding
Geocode Correction
Services for correcting geographic coordinates
Point-In-Polygon Census Intersection
Services for associating Census variables with coordinate data
Polygon Tracing
Services for drawing and storing geographic polygons using online maps and satellite imagery
Shortest Path
Services for calculating the shortest path between two points including shortest network distance and shortest travel time

Usage Fees and Rules

Our services are provided free of charge in allotments of 2500 transactions. All we ask is that you cite us in your work and/or add a link to us on your website.

Details of our usage policy including how to obtain additional credits and non-throttled access to our services are available on this page. Please contact us if you need more information.

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