Parsing addresses with Google Geocoding API - This is my personal project to parse addresses in free text input to formatted addresses which include address(street # and route for example), city, state, zipcode and country.
The API returns latitude/longitude coordinates and normalized address information. This can be used to perform address validation, real time mapping of user-entered addresses, distance calculations, and much more.
Google allows anonymous access to it's API, but if you start hitting rate limits, you must sign up for a new Server API Key.
Bing requires an API key to access its service.
You will need a consumer secret and consumer key (PDF) for Yahoo.
MapQuest API requires a key. Sign up here: (http://developer.mapquest.com/web/products/open)
| Country | Number of Addresses |
|---|---|
| US | 4602 |
| GB | 757 |
| HK | 266 |