Nah, I'm pretty happy with a cheap (i.e. free) solution that is pretty darned close to completely awesome.
Thanks for the input. On Jul 16, 7:30 pm, Mike <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 Ethettonhttp://mastertoolworks.comhttp://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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
