Text vs Geographic Address

Boost · 2020-06-01T22:45:52.039Z

Hi,

I have separate inputs (Street, State, City, Zip) to create an address for a user, In the database, it’s just an address. I’d like to turn that into a geographic address, that way I can plot a point on the map.

Is it possible to create a geographic address from the text? Or is it better to just use a search box with geographic addresses?

Thanks

afterthoughtsystem · 2020-06-03T22:16:48.419Z

Hey @Boost,

I think in your case it would be easier to just do a search box with the geographic address, from there you can plot it using the map element.

Hope this helped!

-Johnny

Boost · 2020-06-04T20:37:59.094Z

Thank you!

afterthoughtsystem · 2020-06-04T20:49:39.717Z

No worries! Feel free to mark that as a solution if it was a solution to help future bubblers!

-Johnny

boston85719 · 2020-07-13T17:30:59.555Z

Another choice is to turn the text address into a geographic address to save in the DB

How to turn Text Address into Geographic Address Tips

If you have a text address and need to turn it into a geographic address it is quite simple. You would need to have a data field of type Geographic Address on your Data Type (maybe ‘Retailer’). If your text address is a complete address all in a single text element it is simple. Create a workflow to ‘make changes to retailer’ for thing to change ‘do a search for retailer’ (set your constraints to find the retailer you want to convert the address of) Then in the dialogue window, select the ‘G…