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What inspired you to start this project? There are numerous open source geocoders and the core problem isn't the software anyway, it's data. I'm often perplexed by people spending time building new things thinking they've uncovered/solved something when researching/talking with others who have domain experience would quickly reveal there may not be a there there.

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I need to solve a few problems for my city: 1. Search crossroads 2. Search pair of lat/lon from non structured text 3. Possibility to add a custom data

And it was my inspiration to create yet another geocoder.

Love the itch scratching motive! Crossroads and intersections is a nice idea - they are used quite a lot in American cities, from casual observation "at the corner of Pine and Union".

I imagine in some countries with different addressing systems, road intersections may be a primary means of locating things.

The data issue is solved by the world turning green little by little: http://results.openaddresses.io

Not to forget OpenStreetMap and https://mapzen.com/blog/who-s-on-first/

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