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title: ToolRouter — Use Case
description: Step-by-step guide for a real-world ToolRouter use case with agent-specific instructions.
url: https://toolrouter.com/tools/address-geocoding/use-cases/geocode-addresses-to-coordinates
---
# Geocode Addresses to Coordinates

Every location-aware application starts with the same problem: turning a human-readable address into coordinates a computer can plot on a map. Whether you are building a store locator, planning delivery routes, or analyzing demographic data, you need latitude and longitude -- not street names.

The geocode_address skill takes any address string and returns precise coordinates along with a confidence score and standardized address components. It handles partial addresses, informal descriptions, and international formats, resolving ambiguity and returning the best match. The result includes the full parsed address so you can verify the match and catch errors before they propagate into your dataset.

This is essential for developers integrating maps into applications, data analysts enriching customer records with location data, and operations teams planning logistics around physical locations. One API call replaces the manual process of looking up each address on a map service.

**Tool:** [Address Geocoding](https://toolrouter.com/tools/address-geocoding)
**Skills:** geocode_address

## Agent Guides

- [How to Geocode Addresses with Claude](https://toolrouter.com/tools/address-geocoding/use-cases/geocode-addresses-to-coordinates/claude): Guide for Claude
- [How to Geocode Addresses with ChatGPT](https://toolrouter.com/tools/address-geocoding/use-cases/geocode-addresses-to-coordinates/chatgpt): Guide for ChatGPT
- [How to Geocode Addresses with Copilot](https://toolrouter.com/tools/address-geocoding/use-cases/geocode-addresses-to-coordinates/copilot): Guide for Copilot
- [How to Geocode Addresses with OpenClaw](https://toolrouter.com/tools/address-geocoding/use-cases/geocode-addresses-to-coordinates/openclaw): Guide for OpenClaw
