[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":569},["ShallowReactive",2],{"project-7095228":3},{"id":4,"name":5,"line":6,"line_source":7,"title":8,"url":9,"domain":10,"maker":11,"posted_at":12,"year":13,"points":14,"comments":15,"rank_in_year":16,"shown_in_year":17,"top":18,"tier":19,"category":20,"subcategory":21,"format":22,"keywords":23,"reception":28,"sentiment":29,"stance_mix":30,"scored_comments":35,"aspects":36,"strip":47,"post_text":49,"what":50,"said":91,"maker_in_thread":226,"shape":237,"grid":241,"attempts":530,"same_week":531,"maker_shows":18,"maker_hidden":561,"reader_version":562,"card":563},"7095228","Geocodio","Ridiculously cheap bulk geocoding","title","Show HN: Ridiculously cheap bulk geocoding","http:\u002F\u002Fgeocod.io","geocod.io","thecodemonkey",1390313026,2014,224,101,77,2272,4,"notable","data","geocoding api","api",[24,25,26,27],"geocoding","bulk geocoding","address to coordinates","us census tiger","mixed",0.087,{"positive":31,"neutral":32,"mixed":33,"critical":34},16,28,1,13,58,{"pricing":37,"performance":39,"execution":41,"design":42,"docs":43,"idea":44,"privacy":45},{"positive":38,"critical":33},2,{"positive":33,"critical":40},3,{"positive":33,"critical":40},{"positive":33,"critical":40},{"positive":33,"critical":33},{"positive":18,"critical":33},{"positive":46,"critical":33},0,[33,40,46,46,46,46,40,38,40,40,40,33,46,40,40,33,48,48,48,40,33,40,40,40,40,40,48,40,40,40,48,48,40,40,48,40,48,48,33,33],5,null,{"problem":51,"audience":58,"pricing":67,"motivation":77,"time_to_build":49,"stack":81,"openness":88,"stage":89,"team_size":90},{"value":52,"source":53,"evidence":54},"Geocoding addresses is expensive once you exceed free daily limits","maker",[55],{"id":56,"by":11,"text":57},"7095341","We were tired with dealing with the often steep pricing on geocoding when you reach your daily free limit (e.g. Google Maps starts at $10k\u002Fyear). So I built this service so I can…",{"value":59,"source":60,"evidence":61},"Developers needing bulk address geocoding","inferred",[62,63],{"id":56,"by":11,"text":57},{"id":64,"by":65,"text":66},"7095520","basicallydan","I really like the look of your API. I work a lot with location-based apps, I'll probably be giving this a go :)",{"value":68,"source":53,"evidence":69},"First 2500 geocodes per day free, then $0.001 each",[70,73],{"id":71,"by":11,"text":72},"7095684","Yep, the first 2500\u002Fday will always be free. So if you geocoded 2510 addresses in one day, you would pay $0.01",{"id":74,"by":75,"text":76},"7100108","mjwhansen","The first 2,500 are always free. So 2,501 would be $0.001. I'll make that clearer on the site -- thanks!",{"value":78,"source":53,"evidence":79},"Founder was tired of steep geocoding pricing after free limits",[80],{"id":56,"by":11,"text":57},[82],{"value":83,"source":53,"evidence":84},"US Census Bureau data",[85],{"id":86,"by":11,"text":87},"7095467","Thanks! Yes, I haven't really seen a lot of other services that provides batch geocoding as an API endpoint. We have mostly been running tests against the Google Maps API, and…","unknown","launched","team",{"praise":92,"objections":117,"requests":145,"questions":169,"alternatives":189},[93,109],{"value":94,"source":95,"evidence":96},"Very cheap bulk pricing compared to Google","commenter",[97,101,105],{"id":98,"by":99,"text":100},"7095452","renegadedev","I like the price point about $1\u002F1000records. Just curious to hear how you arrived at this price point.",{"id":102,"by":103,"text":104},"7095432","martin1b","Very nice. Pricing is very attractive. May need to use this in the future.",{"id":106,"by":107,"text":108},"7098142","verelo","I think this is great. We use Google Maps for geocoding today, we paid around 10k for this years license. If you guys can do the same without the rate limiting restrictions they…",{"value":110,"source":95,"evidence":111},"Clean site and simple API design",[112,116],{"id":113,"by":114,"text":115},"7095408","joelverhagen","Neat website! Very clean, simple pricing. Thank you for batch geocoding to minimize network traffic... How does the accuracy (as well as address parsing capabilities) compare to…",{"id":64,"by":65,"text":66},[118,129,137],{"value":119,"source":95,"evidence":120},"US addresses only, no international coverage",[121,125],{"id":122,"by":123,"text":124},"7095365","jaque","so.. us addresses only?",{"id":126,"by":127,"text":128},"7098553","rubyn00bie","Just for those curious, it's not that cheap actually compared to Google's enterprise level Geocoding. Nor, I'm guessing, is it able to geocode internationally. In which case you…",{"value":130,"source":95,"evidence":131},"Accuracy lower than Google in some tests",[132,136],{"id":133,"by":134,"text":135},"7098533","suanmeiguo","I tested this website api for 2000 randomly selected home address. And it's not accurate enough. It's 4000 foot away in average to google's lat lng. This number is kinda less…",{"id":86,"by":11,"text":87},{"value":138,"source":95,"evidence":139},"Not clearly cheaper than Google at high volume",[140,141],{"id":126,"by":127,"text":128},{"id":142,"by":143,"text":144},"7098821","davidcelis","Cool project. Like others have said, not particularly convinced that it's cheaper than Google's enterprise geocoding, but I'm more than glad to see the competition. I wrote you…",[146,151,162],{"value":147,"source":95,"evidence":148},"International country support",[149,150],{"id":126,"by":127,"text":128},{"id":122,"by":123,"text":124},{"value":152,"source":95,"evidence":153},"Reverse geocoding",[154,158],{"id":155,"by":156,"text":157},"7095609","carlosdaniel","Will your service be expanding to provide reverse geocoding? we would be interested if it did both (we need both).",{"id":159,"by":160,"text":161},"7097689","beagle3","Is there a similar service for reverse geocoding? US and international?",{"value":163,"source":95,"evidence":164},"Shorthand city name support",[165],{"id":166,"by":167,"text":168},"7097016","Jemaclus","Love it. I'll keep using my current service for now (SmartyStreets), but I'll let you know two things I noticed: 1) Most services will accept shortcuts for names, like \"SF\" for…",[170,178],{"value":171,"source":95,"evidence":172},"How accuracy compares to Google and open alternatives",[173,174],{"id":113,"by":114,"text":115},{"id":175,"by":176,"text":177},"7096218","kevingibbon","How does the dataset compare to google? Would love to see some side by side comparisons.",{"value":179,"source":95,"evidence":180},"Whether first 2500 are free when exceeding threshold",[181,185],{"id":182,"by":183,"text":184},"7097259","cmaggard","The part I was unclear about, actually, is whether or not one is charged for the first 2500 if one were to hit that threshold.",{"id":186,"by":187,"text":188},"7095654","matthuggins","Where the pricing says $.001\u002Fea for 2501+ geocodes, are the first 2500\u002Fday prior to that still free? Or am I paying $2.50 for the day as soon as I make that 1 extra request above…",[190,195,203,211,219],{"value":191,"source":95,"evidence":192},"Google Maps geocoding API",[193,194],{"id":126,"by":127,"text":128},{"id":106,"by":107,"text":108},{"value":196,"source":95,"evidence":197},"Nominatim \u002F OpenStreetMap",[198,199],{"id":113,"by":114,"text":115},{"id":200,"by":201,"text":202},"7095390","lzhou","For an API, you can also try http:\u002F\u002Fopen.mapquestapi.com\u002Fnominatim\u002F (which is kinda free -- and uses OpenStreetMap data). The biggest problem we've had is changing non…",{"value":204,"source":95,"evidence":205},"Data Science Toolkit",[206,207],{"id":113,"by":114,"text":115},{"id":208,"by":209,"text":210},"7101684","nl","This is great. Also great is Pete Warden's http:\u002F\u002Fwww.datasciencetoolkit.org\u002F Street Address to Coordinates: Street Address to Location calculates the latitude\u002Flongitude…",{"value":212,"source":95,"evidence":213},"SmartyStreets",[214,215],{"id":166,"by":167,"text":168},{"id":216,"by":217,"text":218},"7095399","vitalyny","This is very cool! We use SmartyStreets because of the price. Where did you get the addresses database?",{"value":220,"source":95,"evidence":221},"geocoder.us",[222],{"id":223,"by":224,"text":225},"7095374","chippy","Also free http:\u002F\u002Fgeocoder.us\u002F",{"comments":227,"answered":228,"key":229},25,11,[230,233,234],{"id":231,"text":232},"7098798","Thanks for the feedback, it's really valuable! 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