[postgis-devel] [PostGIS] #1070: Add optional bounding_region arg to geocode function

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#1070: Add optional bounding_region arg to geocode function
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 Reporter:  robe            |       Owner:  robe         
     Type:  enhancement     |      Status:  new          
 Priority:  medium          |   Milestone:  PostGIS 2.0.0
Component:  tiger geocoder  |     Version:  trunk        
 Keywords:                  |  
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 This is again both a precision and time savings.

 Often times for regional geocodes where everyone is assuming we are
 talking about Boston or a specific neighborhood, they just give you an
 address with no city or zip and often times even no state.

 This optional arg will allow you to pass in a bounding region which could
 be as simple as a bounding box or as complex as a neighborhood and
 immediately reject all results that do not intersect the region.

 This should save both time in that we can skip a whole bunch of zip,
 county etc checks and also achieve better results since I won't be getting
 stuff in Lexington, MA when all I care about is Boston, MA.

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