<p dir="ltr">It may be old school, but I didn't see any good alternatives mentioned though.</p>
<p dir="ltr">1. Violate Google TOS</p>
<p dir="ltr">2. Cripple the Demo, but let people add it back. Also, removes it from regular testing.</p>
<p dir="ltr">3. Who needs geocoders anyway? This might be OK for the parcel app users because they probably already have better local data anyway. But it doesn't help anyone else.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Also, this means the 2.9.0 on OSGeo Live should be fixed.</p>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Jul 1, 2016 09:49, "Dan Little" <<a href="mailto:theduckylittle@gmail.com">theduckylittle@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><a href="http://geocoder.us" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">geocoder.us</a> was useful but the momentum for geocoding TIGER files in<br>
Berkeley databases is not considered particularly modern.<br>
<br>
On Fri, Jul 1, 2016 at 9:48 AM, James Klassen <<a href="mailto:klassen.js@gmail.com">klassen.js@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> I think an email saying we noticed it was down and offering to help maintain<br>
> it might be worthwhile.<br>
><br>
> I guess my real question is if <a href="http://geocoder.us" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">geocoder.us</a> is still useful to the community<br>
> or has the world moved on to something else (OSM)? If it is useful to us<br>
> and to others, we should look into helping maintain/support it.<br>
><br>
><br>
> On Jul 1, 2016 09:37, "Dan Little" <<a href="mailto:theduckylittle@gmail.com">theduckylittle@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> Schuyler Earl. Good luck. It's like 12 projects ago for him.<br>
>><br>
>> On Fri, Jul 1, 2016 at 9:35 AM, James Klassen <<a href="mailto:klassen.js@gmail.com">klassen.js@gmail.com</a>><br>
>> wrote:<br>
>> > Do we know who was running <a href="http://geocoder.us" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">geocoder.us</a>? Maybe we could get it fixed.<br>
>> ><br>
>> ><br>
>> > On Jul 1, 2016 05:03, "Dan Little" <<a href="mailto:theduckylittle@gmail.com">theduckylittle@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> Hey Folks,<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> <a href="http://geocoder.us" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">geocoder.us</a> appears to be defunct. The website doesn't load and there<br>
>> >> certainly does not appear to be any geocodes being returned. This was<br>
>> >> our default geocoder.<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> The other geocoder with which we have code is the Google Geocoder.<br>
>> >> I'm fixing it up right now to work (it wasn't) and to also include an<br>
>> >> appropriate credit/disclaimer. However, I'm a bit worried as we are<br>
>> >> probably running afoul the Google TOS. I see a few options:<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> 1. Run with it. We're a very small fish in a very large pond.<br>
>> >> 2. Do not include a Geocoder by default but provide instructions for<br>
>> >> adding back in the Google geocoder (including setting an API key).<br>
>> >> This runs ... "less" afoul the TOS depending on how you read them.<br>
>> >> 3. Remove all the geocoders. They're all broken. Folks may not like<br>
>> >> to see the code disappear.<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> Long term (and I will file a ticket to this regard) we should probably<br>
>> >> write our own Geocoder instructions or write a crappy<br>
>> >> DIY/off-the-shelf-libs geocoder that works with the default parcel<br>
>> >> data.<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> Cheers,<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> -Duck<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> Reference tickets:<br>
>> >> - <a href="https://github.com/geomoose/geomoose/issues/150" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://github.com/geomoose/geomoose/issues/150</a><br>
>> >> - <a href="https://github.com/geomoose/geomoose/issues/152" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://github.com/geomoose/geomoose/issues/152</a><br>
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