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codefordayton / daytonreap

Web application to streamline Dayton's REAP (Real Estate Acquisition Process) Program
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parcels without address numbers #26

Closed janmicohio closed 8 years ago

janmicohio commented 9 years ago

process dataset has 2552 addresses without house numbers

janmicohio commented 9 years ago

Paula's reply: "nothing can be done about addresses without numbers. This is how the county lists them and that is how they are applied for and why the parcel number rather than the address is the most important piece of data. You would be better off linking the parcel numbers to a map instead of addresses." Obviously we can't do this. The parcel numbers have a constant relationship to the addresses (though in some cases it will be a one-to-many relationship) so we should be able to make a list of all the parcel numbers and associated addresses. Could this be used as a lookup table somehow?

janmicohio commented 9 years ago

UPDATE - I spot checked some of the parcels with missing addresses, and for the ones I checked, it isn't a data entry error - they really don't have street addresses any more. Some, maybe most - of these are actually vacant lots. If we knew this, we might be able to direct people looking for land to this subset The Montgomery county auditor's office has a program that maps by parcel number. You can try it by doing this: • Go to www.mcrealestate.org • click on “property search” in top menu bar
• choose “parcel” as your “search by” option
• enter the parcel number of one of the properties in our dataset that doesn’t have a street address, then search • from the results list, double click on the row of the result to get the details
• in the right hand column of the “Details” page, there is a very tiny icon and the word “Maps” Click on this and it will launch “GeoBladeWeb” which will show you exactly where the parcel is, plus a window with other details about the property. • Go to www.mcrealestate.org • click on “property search” in top menu bar
• choose “parcel” as your “search by” option
• enter the parcel number of one of the properties in our dataset that doesn’t have a street address, then search • from the results list, double click on the row of the result to get the details
• in the right hand column of the “Details” page, there is a very tiny icon and the word “Maps” Click on this and it will launch “GeoBladeWeb” which will show you exactly where the parcel is, plus a window with other details about the property.

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Here are some random parcel numbers you can try R72 05203 0056 R72 07907 0038 R72 01809 0020

DavidEBest commented 9 years ago

I didn't think about that... it makes sense, but I didn't realize they would remove the address when a house was destroyed.

janmicohio commented 9 years ago

Here's something: http://www.huduser.org/portal/datasets/usps.html Not sure if it's relevant, but I like finding stuff like this!

DavidEBest commented 8 years ago

Resolved, I think.