Re: [Boston.pm] Geo::Coder::US RE: GoogleGeoCoder

2005-06-16 Thread Joel Gwynn
Thanks for the kudos. I actually started out with Geo::Coder::US, which is very good, especially for the price ;) But it wasn't quite good enough. For example, a search for 69 prince st boston, ma should return two matches, one in Boston, and one in JP, but neither GCU (or rather the TIGER data

Re: [Boston.pm] Geo::Coder::US RE: GoogleGeoCoder

2005-06-16 Thread Joel Gwynn
According to the Post Office, all of Boston is OK to be called Boston, differentiated by Zip Code. The parts of JP that are served by the JP postoffice can be called JP. (Allston neighborhood in Brighton was named by realtors since PO would deliver by the name of the post-office named for a

Re: [Boston.pm] Geo::Coder::US RE: GoogleGeoCoder

2005-06-16 Thread Bob Rogers
From: Joel Gwynn [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2005 21:59:55 -0400 According to the Post Office, all of Boston is OK to be called Boston, differentiated by Zip Code. The parts of JP that are served by the JP postoffice can be called JP . . . Bill When you

Re: [Boston.pm] Geo::Coder::US RE: GoogleGeoCoder

2005-06-16 Thread Joel Gwynn
On 6/16/05, Drew Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jun 16, 2005, at 7:51 PM, Joel Gwynn wrote: Of course, until Google Maps is officially released, and until the get more specific about their TOS, this is all just having fun. Not to nitpick, but the Maps TOS basically says, See our

Re: [Boston.pm] Geo::Coder::US RE: GoogleGeoCoder

2005-06-16 Thread Ben Tilly
On 6/16/05, Joel Gwynn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [...] When you get right down to it, this Boston neighborhood thing is just confusing. I work in Dorchester but management likes to put Boston on the stationary, which is confusing because there's an identical address in Boston proper, just with

Re: [Boston.pm] Geo::Coder::US RE: GoogleGeoCoder

2005-06-16 Thread Uri Guttman
JG == Joel Gwynn [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: JG When you get right down to it, this Boston neighborhood thing is JG just confusing. I work in Dorchester but management likes to put JG Boston on the stationary, which is confusing because there's an JG identical address in Boston proper,

Re: [Boston.pm] Geo::Coder::US RE: GoogleGeoCoder

2005-06-16 Thread Uri Guttman
BT == Ben Tilly [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: BT Q: What do you call a Boston tourist? BT A: Lost. BT However, that notwithstanding, it is nowhere near Boston in BT being difficult to find your way around. when my parents would drive up to visit me in my college days, i would tell them if

[Boston.pm] Last-minute reminder -- YAPC::NA 2005

2005-06-16 Thread Gerard Lim
Here's a last reminder about Yet Another Perl Conference, North America (YAPC::NA 2005) http://yapc.org/America In case anyone out there has been sitting on the fence or has been meaning to register but has put it on the backburner until now, here is a final information package. Dates: