Batch Geocoding

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andywozhere

andywozhere

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Has anyone got suggestions for a good batch geocoder? I tried batch geocoding a while ago but found that the results were all over the shop and have been adding co-ordinates manually on my maps section ever since. I thought I might revisit the possibility of batch geocoding again though as it would make life a lot easier.
 
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louie

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Have you got many listings that needs to be done?
Google might throw you out if you hit it to often?
 
andywozhere

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louie said:
Have you got many listings that needs to be done?
Google might throw you out if you hit it to often?
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Potentially loads. I didn't realise Google might do that? :( Do you mean that they might throw me out if I did a too much geocoding in the one session or if I had too many markers in general? Actually what do you mean exactly by "throw me out"?

... sorry for all the questions
 
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louie

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too much geocoding in the one session
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If you make too many queries, too often to Google SE, you are going to get a nice message page saying - "Too many queries...." etc...

After you do the geocoding for an address, do you store the data in your DB?
If not, than you should.
 
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Thanks Louie. Yes, I do store them on a database. It sounds like I should be OK if I keep queries to a moderate level then and do it bit by bit? I'd probably do it that way anyway in order to check addresses etc were accurate. I was hoping there might be an geocoder tool online, but so far I've found them a bit inaccurate. I think I'll have to do a bit more research into the Google Maps API geocoding service.
 
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garycocs

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There are a few better ones than google, I did a bit of research into this wan for the pubs a while ago, started a thread on boardsies but for the life of me can't find it :(
 
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