[ale] OT: Coordinate services

[Chris Fowler]

It sounds to me you are capable of writing a program

Use the Tiger data like I did and create an interface using Geo::Coder:US.

The interface I wrote is in XML-RPC.  All the remote web apps contact 
the main server via XML-RPC and do conversions.  I did it this way to 
keep from having to upload 800mb of date to each server.  I have only 
one copy of 800mb of Tiger data


Robert Coggins wrote:
> Thanks to everyone so far who is answering my question.
>
> More Info:  I am working on a Service app where I am utilizing a route 
> scheduler to prioritize and schedule the work of of some tech every day. 
> The scheduling service requires the lat and long for the routing bit. 
> The information provided to me is just the address.  I would like to 
> convert the address into lat and long to give the scheduler something to 
> chew on.
>
> Granularity does not have to be the driveway/parking lot.  Just 
> something reasonable in order to prioritize the routing.  My initial 
> thoughts are that a city block might be good enough.
>
> I will need to be able to pull coordinates for thousands of addresses 
> daily so I would want to be careful about wrongly using/abusing a free 
> service.
>
> Thanks again,
>
> Robert
>
>
> Robert Reese~ wrote:
>   
>>> Do any of you know of or recommend any professional services that
>>> will provide geolocation coordinates from a physical address?
>>>
>>> By professional service I mean a company that will allow my
>>> application to interface with them to pull these coordinates.  I
>>> need someone that will also provide support.
>>>
>>> Thanks all!
>>>       
>> Hi Robert,
>>
>> Depending on what you need, there may range from dozens of companies and even consumer-level products down to only a couple of companies that can provide the services.
>>
>> It would help if you give us a little more details as to the projects requirements; I've looked at various ranges over the past few years as I gravitate closer to a GIS career.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Robert Reese~
>>
>>
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