JP: Hi! :-D That is a good point. It is not a problem unless they know what the addresses represent. All I need back are the coordinates.
Puneet: Thanks, I will keep that in mind, but these are not US addresses. Cheers, JP On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 3:23 PM, JP Glutting <jpglutt...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks for all the responses! I will track them all down and see how they > work. > > Stark, I have 146,472 addresses in the city of Barcelona. Many of them are > duplicates, but at the very least I have 31,514 that need to be coded, > although that would leave out many that I want to use. I am in the process > of developing filters to clean out apartment numbers, etc., to be able to > pull a single coordinate for a whole set of addresses, and there are at > least 6,000 that are invalid (from the original 146k, so 140k). It is a lot. > I will take a look at openaddresses and do some testing. > > Thanks! > JP > > > On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 3:10 PM, Stark Hans-Jörg > <hansjoerg.st...@fhnw.ch>wrote: > >> The OpenAddresses project (www.openaddresses.org) is supposed to solve >> exactly your problem. >> >> You can use the provided geocoding services ( >> http://code.google.com/p/openaddresses/wiki/RESTService) >> >> >> >> OpenAddresses has some regions where data was donated – there you will get >> high-quality results. Unfortunately this is not yet globally available… >> >> >> >> Hth >> >> -hj >> >> >> >> *Von:* discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org [mailto: >> discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] *Im Auftrag von *JP Glutting >> *Gesendet:* Freitag, 4. Februar 2011 14:34 >> *An:* discuss@lists.osgeo.org >> *Betreff:* [OSGeo-Discuss] Batch geocoding >> >> >> >> 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 list >> Discuss@lists.osgeo.org >> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >> >> >
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