Top Story

Penn State Dean: Journalism School Degree More Valuable Than Ever

1.	Leave a Job for Family Reasons? 12:28 AM Dec. 4, 2008
2.	The Danger of Watering Down Baby Formula 12:22 AM Dec. 4, 2008
3.	High Margins May Not Mean Healthy Profits 9:05 PM Dec. 3, 2008
4.	Spitzer to write Slate column titled "The Best Policy" 8:03 PM Dec. 3, 2008
5.	Corrections, Clarifications 11:12 AM Dec. 3, 2008
More Recent Articles

Most E-mailed

Recent Comments

Recent Tags

Community Activity

Poynter Seminars

Small, in-person training experiences.

NewsU: Becoming a More Effective Writer (I)
Apply by December 8

NewsU: Picture Editing 101: Essentials & Ethics
Apply by January 7

Leadership for Today's New Managers (I)
Apply by January 7

All Poynter Seminars

News University

Today's most popular courses on NewsU, Poynter's e-learning site for journalists.

All NewsU Courses

Webinars

Our online classroom is just a click away. Learn more.

All Webinars

Romenesko
Latest News Reporting
& Writing Ethics &
Diversity Leadership &
Management Visual
Journalism Online &
Multimedia TV &
Radio Journalism
Education

WebSpeak

Home > Online & Multimedia > WebSpeak

Tools: Text Size

, Print

, RSS

, Subscribe via e-mail

Dana Eagles

Dana Eagles of the Orlando Sentinel defines common Web terms to create an online journalism glossary.

Geocoding

YOUR WORDS DEFINED

Do you have a word that you'd like the WebSpeak crew to help you define? Send us an email.

* For more online journalism tips, read Chip Scanlan's ABCs of Online Writing.

* Subscribe to the WebSpeak RSS feed.

Geocoding is the process of assigning geographic coordinates (the latitude and longitude of a location) to street addresses and other geographic features so that they can be displayed in online maps. This enables Web sites to show the location of news events or display data such as crimes and real estate transactions.