gpsvisualizer can do both yahoo and google geocoding. http://www.gpsvisualizer.com/geocoding.html On Feb 5, 2011, at 6:52 PM, JP Glutting wrote:
> Hola Alvaro, > > No, I wasn't aware of Cartociudad. It looks very interesting. Now I have so > many choices, I don't know what to do. > > Thanks! > JP > > > On Sat, Feb 5, 2011 at 6:44 PM, Alvaro Zabala <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > Do you know cartociudad project, from spanish IGN? > > It have web services related with spanish street map, and one of this is > geocoding service: > > http://www.cartociudad.es/portal/pdf/CARTOCIUDAD_Direcciones.pdf > > > Best regards > > > On 4 February 2011 21:27, JP Glutting <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Wladimir, > > That is sort of what I thought. Too bad. I was just in Barcelona yesterday, > at the CSIC, to get data. Where do you work? > > I am on the geoinquiets list too, but I am afraid I am on so many lists and > in so many projects that I don't keep close track of them all. I should hop > over and introduce myself, though. > > Fins aviat, > JP > > Public Health - GIS - Bioinformatics > http://www.bmeisis.com > http://www.jpglutting.com > > > > > On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 7:18 PM, Wladimir Szczerban <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi JP, > > I live in Barcelona and unfortunately there is no open geocoding service in > Barcelona. In the group of geoinquietos (http://www.geoinquiets.cat/ or > http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Geoinquiets_Barcelona) we are trying to get the > ICC (http://www.icc.cat/) the official agency open the geocoding service they > have. > > Cheers, > BOLO > > 2011/2/4 Stark Hans-Jörg <[email protected]> > > Any initiative for OA is appreciated highly ;o) > > > Best, > > hj > > > Von: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > Im Auftrag von JP Glutting > Gesendet: Freitag, 4. Februar 2011 16:17 > > > An: OSGeo Discussions > Betreff: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Batch geocoding > > > There might be a data sharing initiative, there are several different actors > (city, regional government, etc.). I don't know all of what there is out > there, and the data was originally collected for another project. > > > I think I will be Ok with Yahoo. If it works out, it shouldn't be difficult > to export the dataset for openaddresses. It isn't my data, though, so I will > have to ask permission first. It seems like a good idea, though. > > > Cheers, > > JP > > > On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 3:49 PM, Stark Hans-Jörg <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Von: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > Im Auftrag von JP Glutting > Gesendet: Freitag, 4. Februar 2011 15:34 > > > An: OSGeo Discussions > Betreff: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Batch geocoding > > > Hi Hans-Jörg, > > > I am not aware that Barcelona (the city?) has a very open geodata strategy, > but that certainly would be nice. If you know of anyone in the area who might > know more, I am more than willing to contact them. > > [shj] my mistake. I thought I had read something on this some time ago. Maybe > also because Spain has strong support in the FOSS domain. > > > I have the addresses, do you mean the coordinates? The address format is not > ideal, but I am pretty happy with them, as they seem to geocode well in the > tests I have done. > > [shj] yes, addresses along with co-ordinates. > > > The Yahoo API allows geocoding of 50k addresses a day, which is plenty for > what I need. I am going to try to use that. > > [shj] that’ll certainly do. > > > Cheers, > > JP > > > On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 3:26 PM, Stark Hans-Jörg <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hi JP > > > Barcelona is unfortunately not well covered yet in OA. But I thought that > Spain has a very “open” strategy in terms of providing geodata. If you manage > to get Barcelona addresses (perhaps from council or any other “official > body”) the OA team will insert these into OA and then you can use the REST > service. > > > Good luck! > > -hj > > > Von: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > Im Auftrag von JP Glutting > Gesendet: Freitag, 4. Februar 2011 15:24 > An: OSGeo Discussions > Betreff: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Batch geocoding > > > Thanks for all the responses! I will track them all down and see how they > work. > > > Stark, I have 146,472 addresses in the city of Barcelona. Many of them are > duplicates, but at the very least I have 31,514 that need to be coded, > although that would leave out many that I want to use. I am in the process of > developing filters to clean out apartment numbers, etc., to be able to pull a > single coordinate for a whole set of addresses, and there are at least 6,000 > that are invalid (from the original 146k, so 140k). It is a lot. I will take > a look at openaddresses and do some testing. > > > Thanks! > > JP > > On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 3:10 PM, Stark Hans-Jörg <[email protected]> > wrote: > > The OpenAddresses project (www.openaddresses.org) is supposed to solve > exactly your problem. > > You can use the provided geocoding services > (http://code.google.com/p/openaddresses/wiki/RESTService) > > > OpenAddresses has some regions where data was donated – there you will get > high-quality results. Unfortunately this is not yet globally available… > > > Hth > > -hj > > > Von: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > Im Auftrag von JP Glutting > Gesendet: Freitag, 4. Februar 2011 14:34 > An: [email protected] > Betreff: [OSGeo-Discuss] Batch geocoding > > > Hello, > > > I have a large set of addresses (around 150k) that I need to geocode for a > study (my Masters thesis on heat-related mortality). I am looking into > different solutions, but I can't find anything that seems like it would work > properly. > > > I could script a solution using Google's map API, but there is a limit of > 2,500 addreses per day (I can get around them with a little patience). > > > Right now the best solution I am looking at geopy for geocoding addresses > (http://code.google.com/p/geopy/). It seems like a good system, I think I can > use it to pull addresses out of my database and write back coordinates. There > is one thing that I am not sure, about, though, is whether I am actually > allowed to use the Google API without my use being liked to a specific web > page. The terms of service and form for getting a Google API key require a > URL linked to a Google account. In fact, it looks like the API can only be > used through a web site: > > > "5.2 Account Key. After supplying Google with your account information and > the URL of your Maps API Implementation, and accepting the Terms, you will be > issued an alphanumeric key assigned to you by Google that is uniquely > associated with your Google Account and the URL of your Maps API > Implementation. Your Maps API Implementation must import the Google Maps APIs > using this key as described in the Maps APIs Documentation, and Google will > block requests with an invalid key or invalid URL. You may only obtain and > use a key in accordance with these Terms and the Maps APIs Documentation." > > > So it looks like I can't even get it to work without a URL. > > > I can always write a script that loops through results extracted from the > database, creates URLs and parses the XML results one at a time, but that > seems like a fairly inelegant solution. > > > Does anyone have any good ideas about how to geocode a few thousand addresses? > > > Many thanks, > > JP > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > > > -- > Alvaro Zabala Ordóñez > azabala[en]gmail[punto]com > alvaro.zabala[en]juntadeandalucia[punto]es > Tlf: 954 995 572 > Gabinete de Normalización y Calidad > Servicio de Coordinación y Desarrollo de Sistemas Horizontales. > D.G. de Innovación y Administraciones Públicas. > Consejería de Innovación, Ciencia y Empresa, Junta de Andalucía > > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
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