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On Sat, Apr 6, 2013 at 9:36 PM, Paragon Corporation <l...@pcorp.us> wrote: > I would like at some point (soon) fork the standardizer part of pagc and > include in extras/pagc_standardizer folder of PostGIS to make it easier to > install as part of the PostGIS build. > > I'd like a vote on this (PSC, developers, and general users) > > As discussed here > > http://trac.osgeo.org/postgis/ticket/2193 > > As some folks have noticed, I've been working on changing the tiger geocoder > to use an alternative address standardizer which is part of the PAGC library > (MIT Licensed). > This unfortunately will require additional library compile in C, but the way > I have it structured, this piece is not mandatory to use the tiger geocoder > > > The logic to use as a drop in replacement is there but not documented since > still working out some kinks. > > Steve Woodbridge broke out just the standardizer part as a postgresql > extension and was discussed > On postgis-users discussion a while back > > http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/postgis-users/2012-December/036019.html > > The purpose is: > > 1) > The PAGC does generally a better job of standardizing than the built in > tiger geocoder one so will resolve many of complaints people have had > > 2) Provide a standardizer separate from tiger geocoder that we can reuse for > other PostGIS based geocoders > > > As such the standardizer will be documented in PostGIS documentation > describing how to build and enable in tiger geocoder > And how to use it separate from tiger geocoder. > > 3) Should be generally faster too once we work out some issues on how its > called and its ability to cache the C built standardizer object. > > > Thoughts, concerns > > Thanks, > Regina > http://www.postgis.us > http://postgis.net > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > postgis-users mailing list > postgis-users@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/postgis-users _______________________________________________ postgis-users mailing list postgis-users@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/postgis-users