Comments on: Build a Semi-Automated Geocoding Program for Text Documents http://stl2013.thatcamp.org/2013/11/07/build-a-semi-automated-geocoding-program-for-text-documents/ Tue, 19 Nov 2013 02:00:47 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.12 By: Andrew Hurley http://stl2013.thatcamp.org/2013/11/07/build-a-semi-automated-geocoding-program-for-text-documents/#comment-1274 Fri, 08 Nov 2013 00:04:10 +0000 http://stl2013.thatcamp.org/?p=241#comment-1274 Thanks. The Clavin software looks promising, based on the demo. It also looks like it takes more computer knowledge than I have to actually get it running.

]]> By: Aaron Addison http://stl2013.thatcamp.org/2013/11/07/build-a-semi-automated-geocoding-program-for-text-documents/#comment-1268 Thu, 07 Nov 2013 22:56:26 +0000 http://stl2013.thatcamp.org/?p=241#comment-1268 One of the more successful efforts I have seen was presented at the FOSS4GNA conference this year. clavin.bericotechnologies.com/

CLAVIN is also an entity resolution engine, meaning that it can often discern which state you are talking about when it processes “Springfield”.

]]> By: Brian Marston http://stl2013.thatcamp.org/2013/11/07/build-a-semi-automated-geocoding-program-for-text-documents/#comment-1260 Thu, 07 Nov 2013 21:30:52 +0000 http://stl2013.thatcamp.org/?p=241#comment-1260 You might be able to use OpenCalais to parse the text and find place names, and then feed them to the Google Geocoding API.

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