{"id":22563,"date":"2020-04-08T11:45:13","date_gmt":"2020-04-08T11:45:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/uncategorized\/geocoding\/"},"modified":"2024-12-23T09:22:01","modified_gmt":"2024-12-23T09:22:01","slug":"geocoding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/en\/glossary\/geocoding","title":{"rendered":"Geocoding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What is the meaning \/ definition of Geocoding in the <a class=\"glossary-only-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/en\/glossary\/hospitality-industry\">hospitality industry<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>Geocoding is the process of converting addresses into geographic coordinates (using degrees of latitude and longitude).<\/p>\n<p>The defining of locations is useful for the places of interests (i.e. a <a class=\"glossary-only-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/en\/glossary\/hotel\">Hotel<\/a>) to be placed as points on a map, similar to putting pins on a paper <a class=\"glossary-only-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/en\/glossary\/modified-american-plan\">map<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Geocoding is mainly used by <a class=\"glossary-only-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/en\/glossary\/gds-global-distribution-system\">GDS<\/a> to easily track the location of the desired venue or the <a class=\"glossary-only-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/en\/glossary\/hotel\">hotel<\/a>. 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