[postgis-users] Geocoding strategy

[Smith Roman]

Hello Everyone
I was doing some research on open source geocoding engines then I stumbled upon this article by Martin davies
http://lin-ear-th-inking.blogspot.com/2010/03/open-source-geocoders.html
In that article Martin gave an unbiased description of the various geocoding engines out there. I have had a look at the geocoding engines martin mentioned in that article and to be frank with you those engines are either to complex to useor not useful for my data.
I intend the developing a gis application later on this year. The data sets I have are as follows- A polygon layer for Local government areas.- road layers (including streets)- Point of interest.
There are all in shapefile format. Unfortunately there is no geocoding information. There is no standardized address system for my data. The data covers a small portion of Nigeria.
My questions are as follows:
 -  what geocoding strategy should i use ?
 -  What geocoding strategy did Martin and his team at refractions use. I am curious.
Any other ideas including links (url's) will be helpful. In most african countries, there is no standard address system.
Happy New YEAR !!
Roman.
 


      
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