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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=DE-CH link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Which country/countries do your addresses belong to?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>How many addresses do you have (150k doesn’t tell me an exact number)?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Cheers,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>HJ<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'><b><span lang=DE style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Von:</span></b><span lang=DE style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> discuss-bounces@lists.osgeo.org [mailto:discuss-bounces@lists.osgeo.org] <b>Im Auftrag von </b>JP Glutting<br><b>Gesendet:</b> Freitag, 4. Februar 2011 14:34<br><b>An:</b> discuss@lists.osgeo.org<br><b>Betreff:</b> [OSGeo-Discuss] Batch geocoding<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'>Hello, <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'>I have a large set of addresses (around 150k) that I need to geocode for a study (my Masters thesis on heat-related mortality). I am looking into different solutions, but I can't find anything that seems like it would work properly.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'>I could script a solution using Google's map API, but there is a limit of 2,500 addreses per day (I can get around them with a little patience). <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'>Right now the best solution I am looking at geopy for geocoding addresses (<a href="http://code.google.com/p/geopy/">http://code.google.com/p/geopy/</a>). It seems like a good system, I think I can use it to pull addresses out of my database and write back coordinates. There is one thing that I am not sure, about, though, is whether I am actually allowed to use the Google API without my use being liked to a specific web page. The terms of service and form for getting a Google API key require a URL linked to a Google account. In fact, it looks like the API can only be used through a web site:<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'><o:p> </o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-left:30.0pt;margin-right:0cm'><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'>"<span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>5.2 <u>Account Key</u>. After supplying Google with your account information and the URL of your Maps API Implementation, and accepting the Terms, you will be issued an alphanumeric key assigned to you by Google that is uniquely associated with your Google Account and the URL of your Maps API Implementation. Your Maps API Implementation must import the Google Maps APIs using this key as described in the <a href="http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/" target="_top" title="Maps APIs Documentation" id="ac:s"><span style='color:#0000CC'>Maps APIs Documentation</span></a>, and Google will block requests with an invalid key or invalid URL. You may only obtain and use a key in accordance with these Terms and the <a href="http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/" target="_top" title="Maps APIs Documentation" id="ac:s"><span style='color:#0000CC'>Maps APIs Documentation</span></a>.</span></span>"<o:p></o:p></p></div></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'>So it looks like I can't even get it to work without a URL. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'>I can always write a script that loops through results extracted from the database, creates URLs and parses the XML results one at a time, but that seems like a fairly inelegant solution. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'>Does anyone have any good ideas about how to geocode a few thousand addresses?<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'>Many thanks,<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'>JP<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></body></html>