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A downloadable bulk geocoding service. Some address databases are not licensed for exposure to 3rd parties, but geocoding is very interesting. If you added CAS
by spacemanmatt 13y ago
A downloadable bulk geocoding service. Some address databases are not licensed for exposure to 3rd parties, but geocoding is very interesting.
If you added CASS or address validation (deliverability) service it would increase the value even more.
Having recently installed PostGIS and imported loads of TIGER data, it would be useful if you provided some discussion about data sets backing your geocoder, especially if you do better than just TIGER.
I am only interested in U.S./Canada addresses (thus the mentions of CASS/verification) but I understand OSM is a global project.
- freyfogle 13y agothanks for the feedback. If I may ask, there are several people who supply exactly what you're asking for. Why are you not using them? To be open with you, the North American market is well served and highly competitive, many other parts of the world are the opposite. Thus the US/CA probably won't be our area of focus. That being said, very keen to learn what isn't working for you in current solutions.
- spacemanmatt 13y agoI am building a PostGIS/TIGER/PAGC/other data engine to improve address data. It comes in dirty, I want to improve it as much as possible: Normalize, geocode, verify, correct. Correction is basically a pipe dream for bulk operation but it's needed for point-fixes. Everything else is feasible in bulk. I haven't found all the features under one hood yet. It has to be downloadable because I am not allowed to send my data out to third parties. It has to be free because I have a LOT of data. The North American markets for shipping packages are well served by multiple products in this space; efforts to contextualize/augment poor quality North American address data are not well served. Hope that helps!