What we really need is a way to standardize addresses in Platypus, then add the census info (and why not GPS coords) to that. Anyone tried a project like that?
Randy On 2/20/2010 3:46 PM, Brian Webster wrote: > I found another on line geocoding service (http://www.geocode.com/) that > seems to have reasonable rates and is run by TeleAtlas. TeleAtlas is one of > the premiere geocoding data sources in the US. This is the data set most of > the on line mapping systems use to resolve address information to a set of > coordinates. As I have mentioned in other emails, the accuracy and quality > of the results will be greatly affected by the standardizations of your > street address information as compared to the official USPS recognized > address database (and RR address information is very hard to deal with, if > you can add zip+4 it will work better). With their desktop software tool > they will return the census tract and block information as part of the > results. The tool will attempt to standardize the address information. > > TeleAtlas publishes a very nice document that shows the output formats and > describes the address geocoding methods and the specific details on > standardization of street address data. Well worth a read for those > interested in cleaning up their customer address databases for more > successful mailings and/or mapping of their customer locations. > http://www.geocode.com/documentation/USA_Geo_002.pdf > > > Thank You, > Brian Webster > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > -- Randy Cosby Vice President InfoWest, Inc 435-674-0165 x 2010 http://www.infowest.com/ "Letting off steam always produces more heat than light." - Neal A. Maxwell -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
