[TCMUG] geopy and MetroGIS geocoder service

David Fawcett david.fawcett at gmail.com
Tue Jul 31 06:37:57 PDT 2012


You are probably right.  I was thinking about that option too, but
wondering if someone had already done the homework for me...

I will likely need to use several geocoding services, so I thought that it
would be handy if they all came through the same functions.

David.

On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 7:59 AM, Dan Little <danlittle at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Is it not easier to just use a parser (json/minidom) and urllib?  I think
> you'd have less than an hour into writing a basic class rather than mucking
> about with geopy...
>
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> *From:* David Fawcett <david.fawcett at gmail.com>
> *To:* Tcmug at lists.osgeo.org
> *Sent:* Monday, July 30, 2012 9:59 PM
> *Subject:* [TCMUG] geopy and MetroGIS geocoder service
>
> I know that geopy is a fairly stable/stagnant project.
> http://code.google.com/p/geopy/
>
> I am thinking of using it for a quick project.  Most of the addresses will
> be in the metro, but some will be non-metro.  Has anyone built a custom
> geopy.geocoder to interface with the MetroGIS geocoder?
>
> Thanks,
>
> David.
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