[R-sig-Geo] geocoding street addresses

[Matthew Perry]

On 5/6/07, Roger Bivand <Roger.Bivand at nhh.no> wrote:
> This approach is also documented in Hack 80, pp. 403-408, in Erle, Gibson
> and Walsh (2005) Mapping Hacks, O'Reilly. The hack shows how to ask for
> multiple points, and how to (try to) disambiguate multiple replies to a
> single query. Sadly, geocoding outside the US is far more difficult.
>

You may also want to consider using one of the other major geocoding
engines if their terms of use fit your needs. I know the Yahoo
geocoder has decent (though far from perfect) geocoding globally.

Another solution might be to use the python library geopy
(http://exogen.case.edu/projects/geopy/) which provides a consistent
api on top of the major geocoding services.

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Matthew T. Perry
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