What is geocoding?

identifies the geographic location of features and boundaries on Earth, such as natural or constructed features, oceans, and more

links business assets to a centralized system where they can be tracked and monitored over time

in spatial databases is a coding process that assigns a digital map feature to an attribute that serves as a unique ID $($tract number, node number$)$ or classification $($soil type, zoning category$)$

a round coin$-$sized object, is uniquely numbered and hidden in geocache