GeoKit provides fail-over mechanism for using different services: http://geokit.rubyforge.org/
On Mon, Jun 2, 2008 at 12:51 PM, Eric Wolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hmmm... Then maybe you need to 'cascade' through different services our give > the users clues on how to format their address. > > Interesting, Google gives a location for 1955 Country Rd B2 W, Roseville, > MN. > > -Eric > > On Mon, Jun 2, 2008 at 1:45 PM, Reid Priedhorsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Eric B. Wolf wrote: >> > Reid, >> > >> > Geocoding is a GIGO process - garbage in, garbage out. If your database >> > is getting failed addresses, then you might want to use these more as >> > clues for cleaning your data rather than tools for selecting the >> > geocoding service. What you are missing, at this point, is how many >> > mis-matched addresses you are getting as completed matches. >> >> Sadly we don't have that luxury -- the addresses are supplied by users >> and geocoded immediately. (Address A is from a business' website.) >> >> :/ >> >> Reid >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Geowanking mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.burri.to/mailman/listinfo/geowanking > > > > -- > -=--=---=----=----=---=--=-=--=---=----=---=--=-=- > Eric B. Wolf 720-209-6818 > PhD Student CU-Boulder - Geography > > _______________________________________________ > Geowanking mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.burri.to/mailman/listinfo/geowanking > _______________________________________________ Geowanking mailing list [email protected] http://lists.burri.to/mailman/listinfo/geowanking
