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It's funny you mention that, as our main business is the real estate search engine Nestoria http://www.nestoria.com http://www.nestoria.com We parse about listi

It's funny you mention that, as our main business is the real estate search engine Nestoria http://www.nestoria.com http://www.nestoria.com We parse about listings 15M addresses in 9 different countries every day (though not the US). We work in pretty chaotic markets like India and Brazil. The world is a very diverse place, but there is one constant - agents do not feel the need to let themselves be bound by the "on the ground" truth of where a listing is. Regarding Google, you are right, they do a good job, especially in the US. Full credit to them. The problem is the cost and usage restrictions. Coming back to your initial point of reporting inaccuracies. What would be your preferred way to report problems? some sort of API you could automate? Would you just tell us there is a problem, or want to also tell us the solution?

crucialfelix 12y ago
If you are using OSM then it would be for you to take the change request and then perform it yourself. Don't plan to do this at scale - just do it so that your client thinks they are getting full service. They wouldn't bother to do it very often. But the real estate agents do get frustrated when its a real mapping error. India - in Chennai they have 2 numbers on each house : old numbering and new numbering. So addresses are shown as 17 : 34 and the rickshaw drivers have never seen a map in their lives. I hold up a google map on the phone and they stare fascinated at it for minutes, but it really has nothing to do with the reality of getting there. Many people don't even know the names of the streets and they change the names all the time. Its done by corners and what landmarks are there. curious - how did you come up with the name nestoria ?
- freyfogle 12y ago
  Regarding the name, we just did some brainstorming and a member of the team just came up with the name, nothing fancier than that. Our requirements were - domain available - written the way it is spoken - shorter is better in our old logo we used to use the "nest" image, but that only makes sense in some languages. Last year we went with a more modern look.

crucialfelix 12y ago

If you are using OSM then it would be for you to take the change request and then perform it yourself. Don't plan to do this at scale - just do it so that your client thinks they are getting full service. They wouldn't bother to do it very often. But the real estate agents do get frustrated when its a real mapping error. India - in Chennai they have 2 numbers on each house : old numbering and new numbering. So addresses are shown as 17 : 34 and the rickshaw drivers have never seen a map in their lives. I hold up a google map on the phone and they stare fascinated at it for minutes, but it really has nothing to do with the reality of getting there. Many people don't even know the names of the streets and they change the names all the time. Its done by corners and what landmarks are there. curious - how did you come up with the name nestoria ?

freyfogle 12y ago
Regarding the name, we just did some brainstorming and a member of the team just came up with the name, nothing fancier than that. Our requirements were - domain available - written the way it is spoken - shorter is better in our old logo we used to use the "nest" image, but that only makes sense in some languages. Last year we went with a more modern look.