[Qgis-developer] GeoCoding plugins

[Alessandro Pasotti]

2015-06-18 20:49 GMT+02:00 Paolo Cavallini <cavallini at faunalia.it>:

> Il 18/06/2015 09:47, Alessandro Pasotti ha scritto:
>
> > GeoCoding functionality is also available directly in GDAL core, we
> > could also use that API and leave particular (local) cases for plugins,
> > see my experiments here to get and idea about what can be done with GDAL
> > GeoCoding API:
> >
> > http://www.itopen.it/geocoding-with-gdal/lang-pref/en/
> >
> > The main concern I see with core inclusion is that most of the times you
> > are using proprietary geocoding services (like Google's one) you break
> > their TOS. Expecially when doing batch geocoding, you also have to take
> > care of number of calls/sec. and you *must* implement local caching (as
> > GDAL does).
>
> Thanks Alessandro. Could a warning about this would solve the issue on
> our side?
> All the best.
>


I have no idea, sorry. I get lost soon in their legalese stuff.


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Alessandro Pasotti
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