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Libpostal: C library for parsing/normalizing street addresses around the world

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78 points nateb2022 | 1 comments | 09 Jul 25 01:45 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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jandrese ◴[09 Jul 25 03:40 UTC] No.44506150[source]▶
Wow, ambitious project. Anybody who has tried to verify addresses can tell you that the staggering number of different formats and conventions around the world make it and almost intractable problem. So many countries have wildly informal standards and people putting down just whatever they want because the mailman "just knows".
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1. monero-xmr ◴[09 Jul 25 04:14 UTC] No.44506286[source]▶
Maxmind is the quintessential example of what devs want to build in their heart of hearts. Low-touch sales but b2b. Almost a monopoly. Prints money for decades. Not a public company so they never increase costs to a usurious amount. Open source never quite meets the level needed