# What SRID does the Geocoder use?

**URL:** <https://community.thinkgeo.com/t/what-srid-does-the-geocoder-use/7268>\
**Category:** Geocoding\
**Created:** [October 16, 2012, 3:21pm UTC](https://community.thinkgeo.com/t/what-srid-does-the-geocoder-use/7268 "2012-10-16T15:21:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bob3](https://community.thinkgeo.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/4491bb/32.png) [@Bob3](https://community.thinkgeo.com/u/Bob3)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2012, 3:21pm UTC](https://community.thinkgeo.com/t/what-srid-does-the-geocoder-use/7268/1 "2012-10-16T15:21:06Z")

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I&nbsp;will&nbsp;be&nbsp;converting&nbsp;the&nbsp;derived&nbsp;Lat/Long&nbsp;to&nbsp;Geography&nbsp;fields&nbsp;in&nbsp;SQL&nbsp;Server&nbsp;2008&nbsp;R2,&nbsp;can&nbsp;you&nbsp;tell&nbsp;me&nbsp;what&nbsp;SRID&nbsp;the&nbsp;Geocoder&nbsp;control&nbsp;uses&nbsp;to&nbsp;generate&nbsp;the&nbsp;Lat/Long&nbsp;Values?

Thanks.&nbsp;&nbsp;bob

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**Author:** ![Ryan](https://community.thinkgeo.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/a8b319/32.png) [@Ryan](https://community.thinkgeo.com/u/Ryan)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2012, 3:17pm UTC](https://community.thinkgeo.com/t/what-srid-does-the-geocoder-use/7268/2 "2012-10-17T15:17:36Z")

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Hi&nbsp;Bob,&nbsp;&nbsp;  
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&nbsp;The&nbsp;Geocoder&nbsp;Index&nbsp;was&nbsp;created&nbsp;from&nbsp;data&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;Geodetic&nbsp;projection&nbsp;using&nbsp;WGS&nbsp;84,&nbsp;so&nbsp;the&nbsp;output&nbsp;data&nbsp;would&nbsp;be&nbsp;Lat/Long&nbsp;with&nbsp;an&nbsp;EPSG&nbsp;number&nbsp;of&nbsp;4326.&nbsp;  
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**Author:** ![Bob3](https://community.thinkgeo.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/4491bb/32.png) [@Bob3](https://community.thinkgeo.com/u/Bob3)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2012, 3:56pm UTC](https://community.thinkgeo.com/t/what-srid-does-the-geocoder-use/7268/3 "2012-10-17T15:56:12Z")

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Thank&nbsp;you.&nbsp;&nbsp;It&nbsp;seems&nbsp;that&nbsp;most&nbsp;data&nbsp;is&nbsp;from&nbsp;this&nbsp;projection,&nbsp;but&nbsp;you&nbsp;have&nbsp;to&nbsp;be&nbsp;sure&nbsp;if&nbsp;you&nbsp;plug&nbsp;it&nbsp;into&nbsp;SQL&nbsp;Server&nbsp;or&nbsp;the&nbsp;geography::&nbsp;functions&nbsp;don’t&nbsp;work.&nbsp;  
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&nbsp;bob

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**Author:** ![Ben](https://community.thinkgeo.com/user_avatar/community.thinkgeo.com/ben/32/25720_2.png) [@Ben](https://community.thinkgeo.com/u/Ben)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2012, 8:55pm UTC](https://community.thinkgeo.com/t/what-srid-does-the-geocoder-use/7268/4 "2012-10-23T20:55:08Z")

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That’s&nbsp;true.&nbsp;So&nbsp;you&nbsp;are&nbsp;converting&nbsp;the&nbsp;GeoCoder&nbsp;data&nbsp;from&nbsp;plain&nbsp;dbf&nbsp;to&nbsp;SQL&nbsp;Server,&nbsp;and&nbsp;create&nbsp;your&nbsp;GeoCoder&nbsp;SqlPlugin&nbsp;consuming&nbsp;data&nbsp;from&nbsp;there?&nbsp;I&nbsp;hope&nbsp;everything&nbsp;goes&nbsp;well.