Comments on: Canadian Geocoder + XML API http://quoderat.megginson.com/2005/07/09/canadian-geocoder-xml-api/ Open information and technology. Mon, 05 Dec 2011 09:40:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: nick http://quoderat.megginson.com/2005/07/09/canadian-geocoder-xml-api/#comment-245 Fri, 09 Dec 2005 21:56:40 +0000 http://www.megginson.com/blogs/quoderat/?p=56#comment-245 Well Zeljin, serviceobjects charges 50 times more per geocoding transaction than geocoder.ca does for comercial uses. how is that cheaper?
plus i do not see any free offerings on their site for non-for-profit uses.

]]> By: Zeljin M http://quoderat.megginson.com/2005/07/09/canadian-geocoder-xml-api/#comment-244 Fri, 28 Oct 2005 06:34:33 +0000 http://www.megginson.com/blogs/quoderat/?p=56#comment-244 It’a kinda hard to find a good solution for geocoding canadian addresses.

These guys offer an inexpenssive solution for Geocoder for Canadian address.
http://www.serviceobjects.com/products/geocode_canada_web_service.asp

I like the fact that it’s a real company. I like what i see so far.

]]> By: Steve Loughran http://quoderat.megginson.com/2005/07/09/canadian-geocoder-xml-api/#comment-243 Sat, 09 Jul 2005 16:48:37 +0000 http://www.megginson.com/blogs/quoderat/?p=56#comment-243 One of the problems with a simple lat/long tuple is you need to know which datum it is. Get the wrong model of the planet and your points appear off by many tens of metres. WSG-84 is the common one for GPS points, but with US maps often using NAD27, you can get caught out. Better to use single-datum coordinate systems like UTC or OSGB, if you can.

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