if you have actual addresses, I'd mention this API - https://locate.pitneybowes.com/geocode https://locate.pitneybowes.com/geocode - which is good for turning a

if you have actual addresses, I'd mention this API - https://locate.pitneybowes.com/geocode https://locate.pitneybowes.com/geocode - which is good for turning addresses into lat/long coordinates, which are probably better for spatial analysis. Of course, with map data, its always nice to actually just look at the data points in aggregate first.