On Mar 31, 10:35 am, Jason Scheirer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mar 31, 9:50 am, "Jackie Wang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Dear all, > > > I want to automatically complete the following task: > > > 1. Go tohttp://www.ffiec.gov/Geocode/default.aspx; > > 2. Fill in an address in the form "Street Address:" . e.g. "1316 State > > Highway 102"; > > 3. Fill in a ZIPcode in the form "Zip Code:" . e.g. "04609"; > > 4. Click the bottom "search"; > > 5. In the opened page, extract and save the number after "Tract Code". > > In the example, it will be "9659". > > 6. Repeat Step 1 with a new address. > > > Can Python realize these steps? Can these steps be done witout > > openning and IE windows? Especially, I dont know how to write code for > > step 2, 4 and 5. > > > Thank you! > > You may also want to look at the Yahoo! maps API, which will also give > you geocoding with a much nicer interface: > > http://www.yahooapis.com/maps/rest/V1/geocode.html > > unless you specifically need to use the TeleAtlas data or the API > licensing is incompatible with the task at hand, I'd recommend using > that instead.
And as a follow up, check out the Python Geocoding Toolbox: http://exogen.case.edu/projects/geopy/ It already has Yahoo! Geocoding API bindings, as well as Google Maps geocidng bindings in a nice Pythonic interface. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list