[postgis-users] Geocode opinions

[easpengren]

I'm sorry, ST_pointonsurface. I should remember not to post when I have a
cold.

easpengren wrote:
> 
> I'm in the process of working out a way of geocoding using parcel shape
> data that I got from my local planning department. It's very nice, if very
> data specific, I wish I could share it. I will if anybody is interested,
> but it's not likely to scale to other applications.
> 
> I've dumped the parcel data into PostGIS and I'm dumping the data of
> people who live in the area into the same database. I plan to do a pretty
> simple join between the two tables (with address data) and insert the
> geometry data from the parcels into the people table.
> 
> Now I'm wondering, should I insert a centroid or PT_onsurface point from
> the parcels? Or is their a better option?
> 
> Eric Aspengren
> 

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