Socrata was acquired by Tyler Technologies in 2018 and is now the Data and Insights division of Tyler. The platform is still powered by the same software formerly known as Socrata but you will see references to Data & Insights going forward.

to_location

Function: to_location
  This function has been deprecated. Please use the to_point function instead.

  Attempt to parse an address into a location column.

  Examples:

    to_location("350 5th Ave, New York, NY 10118")

    to_location(an_address_column)

Signatures
location -> location
text -> location