On 6/26/14 3:20 PM, John F. Eldredge wrote: > Postal code usually means Zip code, or its non-USA equivalent, not city. this is one of those fussy points in US geocoding.
the zip code can be mapped to the postal "city", which is what is in everyone's addresses, and is what i think most us residents initially expect when typing an address into a search box. the underlying point being that there isn't one true geocoder, it depends entirely on what you're trying to accomplish. something driven by postal codes/addresses can be correct for many applications, while being wrong for others. to my mind the fact that we keep going in circles about this is evidence that we're thinking about the problem the wrong way. richard -- [email protected] Averill Park Networking - GIS & IT Consulting OpenStreetMap - PostgreSQL - Linux Java - Web Applications - Search
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