Where can I find support on how to use this module?
I have 1500 dealer addresses in Location module fields, I have decided to use Gmap to displaying them. Only problem, the lat/Long is not populated unless I edit the location field in some way and then save the node. 1500 nodes would take too long to do individually. This module sounds like it does what I need it to do, but can't seem to figure out how?

Joao

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joecanti commented

Hi,

Not sure exactly, but from this post: http://drupal.org/node/508582

"You enter some data in a CCK field. Example:
Put "New York" in a text field.
Or "12345 Broadway, NYC, NY" in a postal field.
Or upload a geo-tagged image with an imagefield.
Or upload a geo-linestring that was created by some Geo-software with a Filefield.

Create a Geo-field and select "Geocoded value from another field". Select that "other field" from which you want to pull the data.
Set up how you want the geofield to be displayed (e.g. a GoogleMap)."

It appears that you create a new CCK Geo field, then select another field to get the address from. Geocode then gets that address and turns it into Lat/Long data. So, I assume it means CCK fields, which I dont think the location fields are?

The Geocode may not be for you, but it looks like first thing to do is to find out how to get the address fields from the location module into something you can use.

You may be able to get this to work with CSV Export and views bulk operations, or maybe with a feeds module...but if you can get your address fields in location to appear in a CCK field you will be able to use the Geocode.

I've been having similar problems - there are so many location modules! I've finally settled on Node map for the excellent user interface and gmap for the display with Views in the middle.

Hope this helps in some way, Joe