[postgis-users] Geocoding

[Rich Gibson]

Hi Alec,

Geocoder.us is based on the open source Perl module, Geo::Coder::US,
and the free Tiger data.

Schuyler has also considered adapting it to use NAVTAQ data, but not
as open source.  If it used NAVTAQ data we would need to figure out
the data licensing issues.  They have better data, and it can be worth
the price, but the free data is pretty good, and did I mention that it
is free :-)

Cheers,
Rich



On 7/29/05, Alec Brecher <alec at eresearchresources.com> wrote:
> There have been occaisional threads on geocoding.  I am wondering if
> anyone has formalized or informalized a project and be willing to make
> their code available for community consumption.
> 
> I have explored a number of commercial geocoders and at a minimum of
> $4,000 per year, rolling out some open code is begining to seem worth
> the time.
> 
> I am not looking for highly polished code, just a starting place to
> contribute to in either Perl or Java.
> 
> -Alec
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