Parse Address
Data
address parsing api
SHOW HN2017
10points
6comments
#1,821of 2,242 in 2017
Top 82%of 2017 by points
How HN took it
QuietFewer than 5 comments about the project
1 positive, 1 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 0 critical, out of 3 comments about the project.
Idea: 1 for, 0 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Good result for a naive parser
From 1 comment
This does a pretty good job for a simple, naive parser. Some possible edge cases to consider: 123 Summit Blvd West Palm Beach FL 33406 This returns the city as "West Palm Beach",…
Jemaclus on HN
Handles tricky street names like St Francis well
From 1 comment
This does a pretty good job for a simple, naive parser. Some possible edge cases to consider: 123 Summit Blvd West Palm Beach FL 33406 This returns the city as "West Palm Beach",…
Jemaclus on HN
Objections
Not useful for businesses needing normalization and deduplication
From 1 comment
This does a pretty good job for a simple, naive parser. Some possible edge cases to consider: 123 Summit Blvd West Palm Beach FL 33406 This returns the city as "West Palm Beach",…
Jemaclus on HN
Wrong city and ZIP for some inputs (West Palm Beach, 90210 in Boston)
From 1 comment
This does a pretty good job for a simple, naive parser. Some possible edge cases to consider: 123 Summit Blvd West Palm Beach FL 33406 This returns the city as "West Palm Beach",…
Jemaclus on HN
Requests
Correct ZIP codes and handle edge cases
From 1 comment
This does a pretty good job for a simple, naive parser. Some possible edge cases to consider: 123 Summit Blvd West Palm Beach FL 33406 This returns the city as "West Palm Beach",…
Jemaclus on HN
Questions
Why an array of components instead of an object with keys
From 1 comment
I'm curious as to why you chose an array of components as a response instead of an object of component keys?
brad0 on HN