On Jul 27, 12:31 pm, nate <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Jul 26, 11:42 pm, "R. Rajesh Jeba Anbiah" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > To phrase to question better, how were you able to parse the addresses if > > > you're getting the data from craigslist directly? Or which web service are > > > you using if you're using one? > > > Obviously, batch web scraping. For address, look at the yahoo maps > > link, easy to parse, say <http://minneapolis.craigslist.org/apa/ > > 382334294.html> > > Except the garage sale listings don't have map links, so parsing the > address out of those is a lot more difficult. It's done with some > custom perl parsing routines, using Google and Yahoo geocoding to > verify results.
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