SYSTEM FOR REMOTE DATA GEOCODING

A system for accessing geographical data residing in a plurality of disparate data sets and determining spatial relationships between geographic locations specified in the disparate data sets, the system comprising : an accessing component for accessing geographical data residing in a plurality of disparate data sets; a registration component for establishing spatial registration between the geographical data residing in the disparate data sets; and a geospatial analysis engine for determining spatial relationships between geographic locations specified in the disparate data sets. A method for accessing geographical data residing in a plurality of disparate data sets and determining spatial relationships between geographic locations specified in the disparate data sets, the method comprising : accessing geographical data residing in a plurality of disparate data sets; establishing spatial registration between the geographical data residing in the disparate data sets; and determining spatial relationships between geographic locations specified in the disparate data sets. A system for accessing geographical data residing in a plurality of disparate data sets and determining spatial relationships between geographic locations specified in the disparate data sets, the system comprising : an input component for permitting a user to specify : (i) a plurality of disparate geographic data sources each containing a geographic data set, and the access addresses for those geographic data sources; and (ii) a spatial relationship to be determined between geographic locations specified in the geographic data sets; a data loader component for : (i) determining the appropriate approach for accessing the data sets identified by the user; and (ii) generating the appropriate data requests needed to retrieve the desired geographic data; a geospatial analysis engine for determining the desired spatial relationships between geographic locations specified in the disparate data sets; and an output component for returning the results of the geospatial analysis engine to the user. A method for accessing geographical data residing in a plurality of disparate data sets and determining spatial relationships between geographic locations specified in the disparate data sets, the method comprising : permitting a user to specify a plurality of disparate geographic data sources each containing a geographic data set, and the access addresses for those geographic data sources; permitting a us