Batch Geocoding Pitfalls

Batch geocoding can be a great time-saver, specially if you're doing hundreds of points of interests. However, I've come to realize the resulting coordinates, at least some, can be way, way off! Also, wrong or inaccurate addresses would give you either zero results or totally wrong coordinates. That is why I now painstakingly double check my files for inaccurate coordinates. Whew!

To make matters worse, it's a PITA when you have these establishments located inside huge shopping centers with multiple driveway entrances. Google Maps and Street View, Bing and others to the rescue--but not always. Add to that the company's own website with inaccurate addresses and sometimes outdated. Guess who's going to be blamed? Oh well...