The answer here is indeed "Google Maps geocoding isn't perfect".
If you are looking for superior geocoding and address correction/ standardization, you'll need to look at one of the many third party solutions (none of them cheap in my experience). Good luck! -Mike Ethetton http://mastertoolworks.com http://mappingcenter.org On Jul 16, 4:10 pm, hairbo <[email protected]> wrote: > It would make me sad if we're violating their terms of use; I'll > investigate that. > > As far as the breakdown of postal code accuracy...I don't see the > relevance to this discussion. The issue is that there are more than a > handful of records that the Post Office says are deliverable, while > Google Maps can't map it. However, as far as the spread of our data > the PO said was deliverable vs. non-deliverable, we probably have 80% > of our data marked as deliverable, and the other 20% as undeliverable. > > The addresses that I've manually checked also aren't of the ilk "3rd > floor etc etc". They're just a vanilla mailing address. > > If the answer here is "Google Maps geocoding isn't perfect", that's a > perfectly fine answer. > > Thanks for the help. > > On Jul 16, 3:52 pm, Rossko <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > You'll also find threads in this group about the geocoder not being > > able to geocode things like "3rd floor, 2215 Mudd Street" > > That may be a deliverable address but it isn't geocodable .. just 2215 > > Mudd Street might be. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Maps API" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Maps-API?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
