Comments for Tiny Geo Coder (blog) http://tinygeocoder.com/blog Information on the status of the Tiny Geocoder Wed, 11 May 2011 18:01:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Comment on Question for App Makers Using Tiny GeoCoder by Nate Ritter http://tinygeocoder.com/blog/question-for-app-makers/comment-page-1/#comment-166 Nate Ritter Wed, 11 May 2011 18:01:43 +0000 http://tinygeocoder.com/blog/?p=50#comment-166 Nichole, Yes, we're very happy to make updates to our database. Feel free to send them to us. You can send the query and the (incorrect) reply along with what should be the correct result to info@tinygeocoder.com. Thanks! Nichole,

Yes, we’re very happy to make updates to our database. Feel free to send them to us. You can send the query and the (incorrect) reply along with what should be the correct result to info@tinygeocoder.com.

Thanks!

]]> Comment on New Design Coming Soon by topriddy http://tinygeocoder.com/blog/new-design-coming-soon/comment-page-1/#comment-165 topriddy Tue, 10 May 2011 11:15:19 +0000 http://tinygeocoder.com/blog/?p=7#comment-165 I would like to know how the geocoding of addresses and reverse-geocoding of coords are done. Do you maintain your own database? call other providers? Hopefully, you dont call googles location API? I am actually working on an app that would call google's api first, if it fails then it calls your API, and if that also fails it calls a small service i would write that would use a db i am getting from http://download.geonames.org. I am impressed with your works as i came across this service while doing research work sometimes ago. I am a java programmer and wouldnt mind adding codes to improve or port java client at my free time. Thank you. I would like to know how the geocoding of addresses and reverse-geocoding of coords are done. Do you maintain your own database? call other providers? Hopefully, you dont call googles location API?

I am actually working on an app that would call google’s api first, if it fails then it calls your API, and if that also fails it calls a small service i would write that would use a db i am getting from http://download.geonames.org.

I am impressed with your works as i came across this service while doing research work sometimes ago. I am a java programmer and wouldnt mind adding codes to improve or port java client at my free time.

Thank you.

]]> Comment on Question for App Makers Using Tiny GeoCoder by Nichole http://tinygeocoder.com/blog/question-for-app-makers/comment-page-1/#comment-164 Nichole Tue, 08 Mar 2011 08:25:51 +0000 http://tinygeocoder.com/blog/?p=50#comment-164 Hello Nate, Thanks for the use of your service. I'm in the process of using it to help check and improve the coordinates from another data source for event venue addresses in a couple of cities. Would you be interested in corrections for those venue addresses if I have any? If yes, they would be automated and sent or posted only once to 4-ish times per month, and if you had a preferred format (tsv, for example and a special email subject? or an existing API), then let me know. Thanks for the use of your API, I'm looking forward to using it. Cheers, Nichole Hello Nate,

Thanks for the use of your service. I’m in the process of using it to help check and improve the coordinates from another data source for event venue addresses in a couple of cities.

Would you be interested in corrections for those venue addresses if I have any?

If yes, they would be automated and sent or posted only once to 4-ish times per month, and if you had a preferred format (tsv, for example and a special email subject? or an existing API), then let me know.

Thanks for the use of your API, I’m looking forward to using it.

Cheers,
Nichole

]]> Comment on 13 Million API Queries Later … by Problems with Managing TIny Projects http://tinygeocoder.com/blog/13-million-api-queries-later/comment-page-1/#comment-141 Problems with Managing TIny Projects Sun, 16 May 2010 21:13:15 +0000 http://tinygeocoder.com/blog/?p=21#comment-141 [...] we don’t think of is what happens if it gets popular. Do we open source it? Do we let others contribute to make it better? Do we try to monetize it and [...] [...] we don’t think of is what happens if it gets popular. Do we open source it? Do we let others contribute to make it better? Do we try to monetize it and [...]

]]> Comment on Downtime Resolved And Source Discovered by Nate http://tinygeocoder.com/blog/downtime-resolved-and-source-discovered/comment-page-1/#comment-132 Nate Wed, 07 Apr 2010 16:09:55 +0000 http://tinygeocoder.com/blog/?p=69#comment-132 Harry, thank you for the comment. I appreciate that you're using the service at all, even for your 5 queries. It makes me smile. Thanks. Harry, thank you for the comment. I appreciate that you’re using the service at all, even for your 5 queries. It makes me smile.

Thanks.

]]> Comment on Downtime Resolved And Source Discovered by harryteguh http://tinygeocoder.com/blog/downtime-resolved-and-source-discovered/comment-page-1/#comment-131 harryteguh Wed, 07 Apr 2010 13:12:01 +0000 http://tinygeocoder.com/blog/?p=69#comment-131 Hi, Nate. I'd like to pay for the reverse geocoding service if I could. But, I'm using Tiny GeoCoder's service for non-commercial use. I'll only be needing 5 unique queries from Tiny GeoCoder for the application I am making. I'm really sorry. Best regards Harry Hi, Nate.

I’d like to pay for the reverse geocoding service if I could. But, I’m using Tiny GeoCoder’s service for non-commercial use. I’ll only be needing 5 unique queries from Tiny GeoCoder for the application I am making. I’m really sorry.

Best regards
Harry

]]> Comment on Unexpected Downtime by Nate http://tinygeocoder.com/blog/unexpected-downtime/comment-page-1/#comment-124 Nate Mon, 22 Mar 2010 00:58:31 +0000 http://tinygeocoder.com/blog/?p=59#comment-124 Thanks for your comments folks. Thanks for your comments folks.

]]> Comment on Downtime Resolved And Source Discovered by Nate http://tinygeocoder.com/blog/downtime-resolved-and-source-discovered/comment-page-1/#comment-123 Nate Sun, 21 Mar 2010 22:22:35 +0000 http://tinygeocoder.com/blog/?p=69#comment-123 That's a great point Marcel. I appreciate the comment and obviously we don't want to hurt anyone's business by changing the model. We'd rather find something that everyone can work with. Thanks again. That’s a great point Marcel. I appreciate the comment and obviously we don’t want to hurt anyone’s business by changing the model. We’d rather find something that everyone can work with.

Thanks again.

]]> Comment on Downtime Resolved And Source Discovered by atomton http://tinygeocoder.com/blog/downtime-resolved-and-source-discovered/comment-page-1/#comment-121 atomton Sat, 20 Mar 2010 10:24:05 +0000 http://tinygeocoder.com/blog/?p=69#comment-121 As a regular user of your service I really appreciate it and I basically agree to a tiered package system (like Andrew suggested) or any other payment system. But unfortunately I'd like to use the API in one or more free iPhone app(s) and can't pay for the service without having the users to pay for it. For sure this could be an In-App-Purchase, but I guess I'd have to return to the old fashioned way to keep the apps free. And I don't think users will pay on a regular basis just for the geocoding features. It also depends on the amount of free requests. If it's high enough, it could work, but I don't think so tho. Again, I would pay for it if I could, but making losses is not an option for me - and not for anyone else, I guess. Cheers, Marcel As a regular user of your service I really appreciate it and I basically agree to a tiered package system (like Andrew suggested) or any other payment system.

But unfortunately I’d like to use the API in one or more free iPhone app(s) and can’t pay for the service without having the users to pay for it. For sure this could be an In-App-Purchase, but I guess I’d have to return to the old fashioned way to keep the apps free. And I don’t think users will pay on a regular basis just for the geocoding features.

It also depends on the amount of free requests. If it’s high enough, it could work, but I don’t think so tho.

Again, I would pay for it if I could, but making losses is not an option for me – and not for anyone else, I guess.

Cheers,
Marcel

]]> Comment on Downtime Resolved And Source Discovered by Nate http://tinygeocoder.com/blog/downtime-resolved-and-source-discovered/comment-page-1/#comment-120 Nate Sat, 20 Mar 2010 05:07:25 +0000 http://tinygeocoder.com/blog/?p=69#comment-120 That does make sense, and it's very similar to what a few others have mentioned. Thanks for the input Andrew. I really do appreciate it. That does make sense, and it’s very similar to what a few others have mentioned. Thanks for the input Andrew. I really do appreciate it.

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