David Riordan riordan

Geocoding with Mapzen Search and using geographic prioritization

The Mapzen Search API is built from open-source data and technology and allows up to 30,000 geocoding requests per day. This gist shows how to use the Prioritize within a circular region feature to get more accurate results.

Here's the results of geocoding the Starbucks locations in New York City, using the priorization feature:

The data files in this gist:

Get package list

~$ curl http://www.civicdata.com/api/action/package_list

Get package details

~$ curl http://www.civicdata.com/api/action/package_show?id={package_id}

Upload a file to storage

~$ curl http://www.civicdata.com/api/storage/auth/form/testdata/test.csv -H "Authorization: <API-KEY>"

Python script to convert DBF database file to CSV

First download dbfpy: http://sourceforge.net/projects/dbfpy/files/latest/download?source=files
Then install: sudo python setup.py install

To convert DBF file to CSV:

./dbf2csv database.dbf

	# Adapted from https://developers.yubico.com/ykneo-openpgp/ResetApplet.html
	gpg-connect-agent <<EOF
	/hex
	scd serialno
	scd apdu 00 20 00 81 08 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40
	scd apdu 00 20 00 81 08 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40
	scd apdu 00 20 00 81 08 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40
	scd apdu 00 20 00 81 08 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40
	scd apdu 00 20 00 83 08 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40
	scd apdu 00 20 00 83 08 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40