Show HN: Location Extraction API Launch, Place Spotter (blog.mapplas.com) 4 points by s3f0 12y ago ↗ HN
[–] chippy 12y ago ↗ What data does this use for locations? And what is the license for the results? [–] s3f0 12y ago ↗ We have use open data: Census, OSM, geonames... so the data is open: http://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/ If do you have any more info let me know.
[–] s3f0 12y ago ↗ We have use open data: Census, OSM, geonames... so the data is open: http://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/ If do you have any more info let me know.
[–] chippy 12y ago ↗ This is similar to Yahoo's old Placemaker and a few other services out there. Extracting locations is quite tricky.I tried "St Francis near the statue of liberty. Going to new york to see the queen." but it gave a zero results result. [–] s3f0 12y ago ↗ Try this: St Francis near the Statue of Liberty. Going to New York to see the queen. You have use small caps, we are sensitive to small caps :)
[–] s3f0 12y ago ↗ Try this: St Francis near the Statue of Liberty. Going to New York to see the queen. You have use small caps, we are sensitive to small caps :)
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[ 3.1 ms ] story [ 18.5 ms ] threadI tried "St Francis near the statue of liberty. Going to new york to see the queen." but it gave a zero results result.