Update for Geocoding Louisiana Public Hospitals Based on Street Addresses

Dated Jan 4, 2017

Pertaining to Chapter 2, Section 2.4.1, Step 1 "[Optional: Geocoding based on street addresses] " on Page 35 from the book: Wang, F. 2015. Quantitative Methods and Socioeconomic Applications in GIS (2nd ed.)  Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press.

Thanks to Rob Humphrey of Boise State for alerting me of this issue. Louisiana streets file from the census website has changed. It only contains 6 fields and no longer has the address files needed for geocoding. Therefore, you may download the Louisiana streets file with needed fields.

Good luck!