This video shows how to do Geocoding and Reverse Geocoding in Quantum GIS thanks to the “geocoding” plugin. To work the plugin will need a valid Google API key (code.google.com To understand better the results are used maps overlays from Google and OpenStreetMap. This is possible thanks to a plugin called “openlayers” that, as the name indicates, uses the OpenLayers APIs to add layers from Google (and OSM, and Yahoo) into the QGIS canvas.
So this was some really great news for those of us using OpenLayers; Bing Tiles for OpenLayers:
As of today, OpenLayers has a new layer type: OpenLayers.Layer.Bing. “Why that” you may ask, “there is OpenLayers.Layer.VirtualEarth already”. So why is this new layer type so special? It is the first time that we access tiles from a commercial service directly. Others (e.g. Google Maps) do not provide direct access to their tiles, but Microsoft does through the Bing Maps Web Services.
Yea direct tile access is pretty awesome. Bing Bang!