Thanks Pieter. Geomajas looks very nice! I don't mind rolling my own, but this is just a preliminary part of a big project (my Masters thesis), and I only need to geocode the data once. You don't know of any code or solutions I could take a look at that implement a solution like this?
Thanks, JP On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 2:48 PM, Pieter De Graef <pieter.degr...@geosparc.com > wrote: > When we created the GeoCoder plugin for Geomajas we faced that same > problem. The google geocoder has a few drawbacks that makes it unsuitable. > In the end we used the Yahoo service together with the Geonames service, > with pretty good results. > > Hope that helps. > > > > On 02/04/2011 02:34 PM, JP Glutting wrote: > > Hello, > > I have a large set of addresses (around 150k) that I need to geocode for > a study (my Masters thesis on heat-related mortality). I am looking into > different solutions, but I can't find anything that seems like it would work > properly. > > I could script a solution using Google's map API, but there is a limit of > 2,500 addreses per day (I can get around them with a little patience). > > Right now the best solution I am looking at geopy for geocoding addresses > (http://code.google.com/p/geopy/). It seems like a good system, I think I > can use it to pull addresses out of my database and write back coordinates. > There is one thing that I am not sure, about, though, is whether I am > actually allowed to use the Google API without my use being liked to a > specific web page. The terms of service and form for getting a Google API > key require a URL linked to a Google account. In fact, it looks like the API > can only be used through a web site: > > "5.2 *Account Key*. After supplying Google with your account information > and the URL of your Maps API Implementation, and accepting the Terms, you > will be issued an alphanumeric key assigned to you by Google that is > uniquely associated with your Google Account and the URL of your Maps API > Implementation. Your Maps API Implementation must import the Google Maps > APIs using this key as described in the Maps APIs > Documentation<http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/>, > and Google will block requests with an invalid key or invalid URL. You may > only obtain and use a key in accordance with these Terms and the Maps APIs > Documentation <http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/>." > > > So it looks like I can't even get it to work without a URL. > > I can always write a script that loops through results extracted from the > database, creates URLs and parses the XML results one at a time, but that > seems like a fairly inelegant solution. > > Does anyone have any good ideas about how to geocode a few thousand > addresses? > > Many thanks, > JP > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing > listDiscuss@lists.osgeo.orghttp://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > -- > Pieter De Graef > > Community Manager > GeoSparc nv.http://www.geosparc.com/ > > Chairman of the Geomajas projecthttp://www.geomajas.org/ > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > >
_______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss