You could just download postalcodes every day. To be nice, you could pull the HEAD of each file and check if it is new.
This is just a set of tables, which you denormalize and add to your other fields. There are other sources of polygonal shape data, but there is no official Solr toolkit for querying inside the irregular polygon. On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 6:19 PM, Erick Erickson <erickerick...@gmail.com> wrote: > The fact that they're python and java is largely beside the point I think. > Solr just sees a URL, the fact that your Python app gets in there > first and "does stuff" with the query wouldn't affect Solr at all. > > Also, I tend to like keeping Solr fairly lean so any work I can offload to > the application I usually do. > > YMMV > > Best > Erick > > On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 6:43 PM, Spadez <james_will...@hotmail.com> wrote: >> I discounted geonames to start with but it actually looks pretty good. I may >> be stretching the limit of my question here, but say I did go with geonames, >> if I go back to my model and add a bit: >> >> Search for "London"----->Convert "London to Long/Lat"----->Send Query to >> Solr>----->Return Query> >> >> Since my main website is coded in Python, but Solr works in Java, if I was >> to create or use an existing script to allow me to convert "London" to >> Long/Lat, would it make more sense for this operation to be done in Python >> or Java? >> >> In Python it would integrate better with my website, but in Java it would >> integrate better with Solr. Also would one language be more suitable or >> faster for this kind of operation? >> >> Again, I might be pushing the boundaries of what I can ask on here, but if >> anyone can chime in with their opinion I would really appreciate it. >> >> ~ James >> >> -- >> View this message in context: >> http://lucene.472066.n3.nabble.com/Searching-by-location-What-do-I-send-to-Solr-tp3959296p3960666.html >> Sent from the Solr - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Lance Norskog goks...@gmail.com
