Hi Wladimir, That is sort of what I thought. Too bad. I was just in Barcelona yesterday, at the CSIC, to get data. Where do you work?
I am on the geoinquiets list too, but I am afraid I am on so many lists and in so many projects that I don't keep close track of them all. I should hop over and introduce myself, though. Fins aviat, JP Public Health - GIS - Bioinformatics http://www.bmeisis.com <http://www.bmeisis.com/>http://www.jpglutting.com On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 7:18 PM, Wladimir Szczerban <bolo...@gmail.com>wrote: > Hi JP, > > I live in Barcelona and unfortunately there is no open geocoding service > in Barcelona. In the group of geoinquietos (http://www.geoinquiets.cat/ or > http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Geoinquiets_Barcelona) we are trying to get the > ICC (http://www.icc.cat/) the official agency open the geocoding service they > have. > > Cheers, > BOLO > > 2011/2/4 Stark Hans-Jörg <hansjoerg.st...@fhnw.ch> > > Any initiative for OA is appreciated highly ;o) >> >> >> >> Best, >> >> hj >> >> >> >> *Von:* discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org [mailto: >> discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] *Im Auftrag von *JP Glutting >> *Gesendet:* Freitag, 4. Februar 2011 16:17 >> >> *An:* OSGeo Discussions >> *Betreff:* Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Batch geocoding >> >> >> >> There might be a data sharing initiative, there are several different >> actors (city, regional government, etc.). I don't know all of what there is >> out there, and the data was originally collected for another project. >> >> >> >> I think I will be Ok with Yahoo. If it works out, it shouldn't be >> difficult to export the dataset for openaddresses. It isn't my data, though, >> so I will have to ask permission first. It seems like a good idea, though. >> >> >> >> Cheers, >> >> JP >> >> On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 3:49 PM, Stark Hans-Jörg <hansjoerg.st...@fhnw.ch> >> wrote: >> >> >> >> *Von:* discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org [mailto: >> discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] *Im Auftrag von *JP Glutting >> *Gesendet:* Freitag, 4. Februar 2011 15:34 >> >> >> *An:* OSGeo Discussions >> *Betreff:* Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Batch geocoding >> >> >> >> Hi Hans-Jörg, >> >> >> >> I am not aware that Barcelona (the city?) has a very open geodata >> strategy, but that certainly would be nice. If you know of anyone in the >> area who might know more, I am more than willing to contact them. >> >> *[shj] my mistake. I thought I had read something on this some time ago. >> Maybe also because Spain has strong support in the FOSS domain.* >> >> >> >> I have the addresses, do you mean the coordinates? The address format is >> not ideal, but I am pretty happy with them, as they seem to geocode well in >> the tests I have done. >> >> *[shj] yes, addresses along with co-ordinates.* >> >> >> >> The Yahoo API allows geocoding of 50k addresses a day, which is plenty for >> what I need. I am going to try to use that. >> >> *[shj] that’ll certainly do.* >> >> >> >> Cheers, >> >> JP >> >> >> >> On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 3:26 PM, Stark Hans-Jörg <hansjoerg.st...@fhnw.ch> >> wrote: >> >> Hi JP >> >> >> >> Barcelona is unfortunately not well covered yet in OA. But I thought that >> Spain has a very “open” strategy in terms of providing geodata. If you >> manage to get Barcelona addresses (perhaps from council or any other >> “official body”) the OA team will insert these into OA and then you can use >> the REST service. >> >> >> >> Good luck! >> >> -hj >> >> >> >> *Von:* discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org [mailto: >> discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] *Im Auftrag von *JP Glutting >> *Gesendet:* Freitag, 4. Februar 2011 15:24 >> *An:* OSGeo Discussions >> *Betreff:* Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Batch geocoding >> >> >> >> 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 >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > >
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