On Jul 26, 11:42 pm, "R. Rajesh Jeba Anbiah" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > To phrase to question better, how were you able to parse the addresses if > > you're getting the data from craigslist directly? Or which web service are > > you using if you're using one? > > Obviously, batch web scraping. For address, look at the yahoo maps > link, easy to parse, say <http://minneapolis.craigslist.org/apa/ > 382334294.html>
Except the garage sale listings don't have map links, so parsing the address out of those is a lot more difficult. It's done with some custom perl parsing routines, using Google and Yahoo geocoding to verify results. -Nate
