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Istherewaytodobatchgeocoding(getlat/lonbyaddressandviceversa)?[closed]
GoogleGeocodingAPIhasseriouslimitations(2,500requestsperday)andwealwaysgetalimiterror.Theirbusinesslicensecosts
$10,000anditistooexpensiveforus.
Serviceshouldworkwithdifferentlanguagesanddifferentcountries.
Serviceshouldverifyaddressandreturnlat/lng.Theaddressescouldbeastringswithdifferentformats.
WearereadytopayforsuchserviceandRESTfulAPIispreferable.
geocoding reverseengineering

googlegeocodingapi

editedSep16'13at9:27

askedApr1'12at0:15

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anotherservicebatchgeo.com OlegDats Apr1'12at10:46

Canyouclarifyalittle?AreyoulookingforUSaddresses?Aretryingtoverifythatanaddressexistsand
thengeocodeit?Ordoyoujustwanttofindoutwheretheaddress"wouldbe"IFitweretoexit(address
approximation).?Jeffrey Apr10'12at16:51
@JeffreyIhavelittlebitupdated.Whatelseareyouinterestedin? OlegDats Apr12'12at11:40

5Answers

IworkedatSmartyStreets andwhatyoudescribeistheircoredomain.
YoumightbeinterestedinLiveAddresswhichtransformsaddressesintolat/lonandcanprocess
thousandsofrequestspersecond.It'sgeodistributedacross3datacentersandhasaRESTful
endpoint.Youcandoupto100addressesperrequest.There'salsoalistprocessingversionif
youhaveanExcelorCSVfileorsomethinglikethat.
Thehighestpricetagis$10k,butitgivesyouunlimitedlookupsforayear.
Somesamplecodeisathttps://github.com/smartystreets/LiveAddressSamples .
Theirlicenseagreementhasnosuchrestrictionstolimityourusage.Dbasemanisright:you're
gettinglimiterrorsbecauseit'saviolationoftheTOS(unlessyougetabusinesslicensefrom
them,buteventhentheaddressesare"bestguess"notstandardizedandverifiedlikewitha
CASSCertifiedservice.That'ssomethingtokeepinmind).
editedJun1at23:29

answeredApr1'12at2:25
Matt
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ShouldIspecifycoutry,city,addressasrequestparametersexplicitly?CanSmartyStreetsparsedifferent
formatsandlanguageslikegooglecan?Forexample',.,35' OlegDats Apr2'12
at12:57
1 CurrentlyweonlysupportUSaddresses(inwhateverlanguagetheyare).Tobeprocessed,arequestmust
containastreetaddressandacity/state/zip(anycombinationofthose3).Ifyoucan'tsplitthemup,there
is awaytotoprocessaddresseswithouthavingthedifferentpartsseparated.Thealgorithmforthatis
describedhere.KeepinmindthatwhileGoogleismoreflexible,itspurposeisverydifferent:to
approximateaddresses,notvalidatethem.MattApr3'12at19:51

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1 UPDATE:Thisisabitdelayedhere,butyounolongerhavetoseparatethepartsofasinglelineaddress
manually.LiveAddressdoesitforyou.MattOct1'12at3:59
DoesSmartyStreetssupportreversegeocoding(i.e.lat,long>streetaddress)?stackoverflowuser2010
Jan24'14at1:03
@stackoverflowuser2010Asofrightnow,wejustdoforwardgeocodingfromanaddress.MattJan24'14
at2:34

HaveyoulookedintoNominatim?YoucanrollyourownoverOpenStreetMaps data,oryoucan
sendrequeststoOpenStreetMaps orMapQuest.PossibledownsidesincludetheCClicense
(requiresattribution,mayormaynotbeaproblemforyou)andtheverificationissue(datais
almostentirelycrowdsourced,soinaccuraciesdohappen).Upsidesincludelessrestrictive
usagepolicy,frequentupdates,worldwidecoverage,andofcourse,youcan'tbeattheprice.
answeredApr16'12at6:32
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Nothereisn't,andifyoulookintotheirlicensing,itisexplicitlydesignedtopreventyoufromusing
theirservicelikethat.Basically,youareonlymeanttouseitif
1. anenduserinitiateseachrequesttotheAPI,and
2. yourserviceisfree.
Theyalsoprohibityoufromsaving/cachingresultsoftheirservicetoadatabase.Googlemakes
iteasytoprototypeusingtheirtools,butonceyoustarttoscaleupyouaregoingtopay(notso
differentfromM$inthatregard).
editedJul9'13at21:16

answeredApr1'12at0:56
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Followingoptionsmaysuiteyou
1. GeoNames
2. Gisgraphy
3. GeoCoder
IdirectlycommunicatedwithGoogleaboutGoogleMapslicensingissue.Unfortunatelytheydon't
realizethatgreatmarketsharebeinglostduetothecost.
answeredApr16'12at8:49
hamad
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justtrythisYUI
UsageLimits
Perapplicationlimit(identifiedbyyourAccessKey):100,000calls
perday
PerIPlimits:/v1/public/:1,000callsperhour/v1/yql/:10,000calls
perhour
ZIP/PostalCode+CountrytoGeoCoordinates
answeredApr16'12at9:24
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