codeforamerica / address-normalizer

A simple tool that takes a CSV file with addresses and normalizes them.
BSD 3-Clause "New" or "Revised" License
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Article: Falsehoods programmers believe about addresses #4

Open bensheldon opened 11 years ago

bensheldon commented 11 years ago

Something to read: http://www.mjt.me.uk/posts/falsehoods-programmers-believe-about-addresses/

daguar commented 11 years ago

Ugh. Who are you, @spara ?

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daguar commented 11 years ago

JK: my real point is that I think the goal here is the low-hanging fruit where simple munging would work. Most cities don't have even that right now.

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bensheldon commented 11 years ago

Y'know, I did tag it "question" :bowtie:

Yeah, I totally agree. I just wanted some place to put the article.

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daguar commented 11 years ago

No! Sorry! It's super-good context, but tags don't come through on email. :)

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Y'know, I did tag it "question"

Yeah, I totally agree. I just wanted some place to put the article.

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daguar commented 11 years ago

Marked as improvement :)

bensheldon commented 11 years ago

What about pictures?

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daguar commented 11 years ago

Nope. Neither in e-mail nor the iOS app :cry: