Merge pull request #44 from MoenMi/add-census-geocoding

Add U.S. Census Geocoding API in Python

_toc.yml

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         title: "...in Unix Shell"
 
 
+  - caption: GIS
+    chapters:
+
+    # U.S. Census Geocoding
+    - file: content/scripts/A_overview/census-geocoding_overview
+      sections:
+      - file: content/scripts/python/python_census-geocoding
+        title: "...in Python"
+
+
   - caption: HUMANITIES
     chapters:
 

content/scripts/A_overview/census-geocoding_overview.rst

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+U.S. Census Geocoding
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+.. sectionauthor:: Michael T. Moen <mtmoen@crimson.ua.edu>
+
+Brief Overview
+****************
+
+The U.S. Census Geocoding Services API allows users to obtain geographic information for U.S. addresses. An API key is not required to access this API.
+
+See the API documentation [#uscg1]_ for more information on accessing the API. Please see the U.S. Census Bureau APIs terms of service [#uscg2]_ for specific information about API policies, data reuse, and allowed use-cases.
+
+.. rubric:: References
+
+.. [#uscg1] `<https://geocoding.geo.census.gov/geocoder/Geocoding_Services_API.html>`_
+
+.. [#uscg2] `<https://www.census.gov/data/developers/about/terms-of-service.html>`_