geocodingtelephony

How to geocode a phone number in the United States?


I am looking for a way to get the latitude and longitude coordinates of any area code + prefix land line phone in the United States. Does anyone know of a data provider or service that could be used to do this?

EDIT: I understand that the location of cell phones or VOIP lines probably cannot be geocoded and this is fine by me. I am only interested in POTS phone numbers. Although, it would be nice to be able to identify the type of phone service based on the prefix (if this is even possible).


Solution

  • I found a few options that do the trick for a reasonable price:

    Option 1 (web service subscription):

    Service Objects DOTS GeoPhone [edit: link is no good now] web service should do the trick nicely. It even seems to provide the "telephone service type" information that I was hoping for.

    Option 2 (database subscription):

    AreaCodeWorld™ Platinum Edition [edit: link is no good now] is a database product that can be purchased on a one-time basis or via annual subscription. The data spec includes all North American area codes and prefixes along with latitude & longitude coordinates.