What are the differences between the COM and standard version of GeoCoder?
There are essentially no differences in the underlying code for the COM version and the Standard version of GeoCoder Object. The COM version has a COM interface layer used to communicate between your code and GeoCoder Object and is supported by many different languages. The Standard version of GeoCoder Object, and it is an unmanaged dll that must be included into your program which eliminates the extra latency created by the COM layer.