Hi Elizabeth, All street-data based geocoders can only place an address (approximately) on the right spot if it knows the address range. E.g. 100-200 evens on the right... 150 is half way along. In the absence of the range, all addresses for a street get dumped in the middle of one of the segments somewhere.
As for how MapPoint geocodes, well it doesn't really. It has a find capability, and MIAB simply applies this in batch and stores the results. Like a lot of things in software, you can get 80% of what you need cheaply and the last 20% can cost a fortune! Regards, Warren Vick Europa Technologies Ltd. http://www.europa-tech.com -----Original Message----- From: Elizabeth Caponi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 03 August 2005 21:47 To: 'Warren Vick, Europa Technologies Ltd.'; [email protected] Subject: RE: MI-L MI-L: Geocoding Programs I used a trial of MapPoint with Map-In-A-Box and found the whole thing very easy to use, but it was my understanding that geocoding was not too exact, in that they grouped addresses, say 1-40 New Street, all in one location rather than assigning each address it's own location. But then I may not fully understand the whole geocoding thing. I do terror analyses and use centroids that start as small as 250 feet and when locations are grouped together I can't get good results. Perhaps that is the price to pay for not wanting to pay much. (Actually I would spend thousands, my company doesn't want to. :-() Am I not understanding how MapPoint geocodes? Elizabeth Caponi -----Original Message----- From: Warren Vick, Europa Technologies Ltd. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2005 4:35 PM To: 'Elizabeth Caponi'; [email protected] Subject: RE: MI-L MI-L: Geocoding Programs Hello Elizabeth, For the cost conscious, I would recommend Microsoft MapPoint 2004 combined with Map-In-A-Box from Mapping Solutions ( <http://www.mappingsolutions.com/mapinabox/na/> http://www.mappingsolutions.com/mapinabox/na/). MIAB is a product which bridges MapInfo and MapPoint. Essentially you can get Navteq streets (although not the latest edition) displaying in a MapInfo Pro map window, route, drive time, address look-up and geocoding. It works with both the North American and European versions of MapPoint which means cheap access to Navteq data that would normally costs many $'000 (perhaps even breaking 6 figures) for all countries available. If you already have MapPoint 2004, there is a demo version of MIAB available. Regards, Warren Vick Europa Technologies Ltd. <http://www.europa-tech.com/> http://www.europa-tech.com -----Original Message----- From: Elizabeth Caponi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 03 August 2005 21:19 To: [email protected] Subject: MI-L MI-L: Geocoding Programs Hey all, I am looking to purchase a good geocoding product. I looked into MapMarker and found it just too expensive, but then in searching I found a few products for just a few hundred dollars. Does anyone know why such a discrepancy in prices? I need to be able to geocode to exact location for address, not just a general street location (which I have found a few programs to do). I was thinking about GeocodeCD by Geolytics. Anyone have any experience using it? Any other recommendations for $2,000 or less? Thanks. Elizabeth Caponi --------------------------------------------------------------------- List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message number: 17367
