[mapserver-users] My geocoder program is ready to be looked at by others.

[Stephen Woodbridge]

Greg,

Nice job! You might be interested in checking out my geocoder at:

  http://swoodbridge.com/cgi-bin/geo

It isn't an OpenSource project so you can only check it out from an
operational point of view. I runs off the same shapefiles that I use for
my mapserver. I only have data loaded for the eastern US states. 

If anyone hangs it or gets wierd results let me know. It does fuzzy
searches, it will work as long as it has either a zipcode or city, st
pair. check the fuzzy search and try some misspellings on street or
place.

-Steve W.

Greg Mader wrote:
> 
> Hi All,
> 
> I have a beta geocoder that I built using Frank's libraries that is ready
> for you to look at, play with, and offer constructive feedback.
> 
> It is not perfect, it only works with shapefiles, and I do not have time to
> do a lot of support on it.( I did it as a class project in school).  That
> said, it works pretty well with linear shapefiles of street networks that
> are structured the same way as the sample one that I have included.
> 
> There is experimental SOUNDEX support as well that will match SOME
> misspelled street names.
> 
> Thanks to Frank and to others for help and inspiration.
> 
> here is the link:
> 
> http://people.cs.uchicago.edu/~gmader/
> 
> Greg Mader
>