I just added support for MapQuest's licensed plan here: #2764137: Add MapQuest provider (not Nominatim).
Besides the nominatim geocoding mapquest also offers an licensed data api that support 5,000 free geocode requests per day. In comparison to the nominatim API these results are much more accurate.
More information can be found here:
http://developer.mapquest.com/web/products/dev-services/geocoding-ws
There you also can obtain an API key or have a look at some demos.
SteffenR
| Comment | File | Size | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | support_mapquest_community_api-1955568-1.patch | 1.3 KB | steffenr |
| #1 | mapquest_community.inc_.gz | 1.02 KB | steffenr |
Comments
Comment #1
steffenrI just created an additional plugin to work with the community API - for now it only supports addressfield fields, cause you have to pass data as a JSON object containing detailed info on city, country and street ( otherwise geocoding won't work correctly for countries outside US or CA).
Attached you find a patch - creating an additional form-field for supplying an API key on admin/config/content/geocoder page and the plugin itself that should be placed in plugins/geocoder_handler folder (please unpack mapquest_community.inc_.gz there).
Thanks for reviewing.
SteffenR
Comment #2
simon georges commentedJust a note to indicate that Nominatim accuracy is being sorted out in #1748412: Geofield Mapquest Geocoder .
Anyway, it would be good to have support for the licensed service as well.
Comment #3
shaundychkoComment #4
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