Comments on: Map Search.. How difficult can that be ? http://www.edparsons.com/2006/10/map-search-how-difficult-can-that-be/ The blog of Ed Parsons, Geographer. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:11:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Piergiorgio http://www.edparsons.com/2006/10/map-search-how-difficult-can-that-be/#comment-553 Piergiorgio Fri, 06 Oct 2006 09:25:44 +0000 http://www.edparsons.com/?p=348#comment-553 Ed, interesting issue. What if the BoundingBox of the Product"B" overlays Swindon but the "real" features don't? Example: the Product"B" is a dataset of discrete linear features (rivers), and none of them really intersect Swindon!! Are my results still correct? Pg Ed, interesting issue.
What if the BoundingBox of the Product”B” overlays Swindon but the “real” features don’t?
Example: the Product”B” is a dataset of discrete linear features (rivers), and none of them really intersect Swindon!!
Are my results still correct?

Pg

]]> By: Dave Smith http://www.edparsons.com/2006/10/map-search-how-difficult-can-that-be/#comment-552 Dave Smith Fri, 06 Oct 2006 01:06:39 +0000 http://www.edparsons.com/?p=348#comment-552 Have you examined the approach that ArcWeb AddressFinder takes? Aside from that example, there are a number of ways that a geocoder backend system can be architected to present the results, but ultimately with the ideal solution being an approach similar to the one you describe or ArcWeb, where the results are presented as a list, with confidence scores. If the resultset is greater than 1, then the frontend code must know to step through the list further and present the options as alternatives for the user to select from... Have you examined the approach that ArcWeb AddressFinder takes? Aside from that example, there are a number of ways that a geocoder backend system can be architected to present the results, but ultimately with the ideal solution being an approach similar to the one you describe or ArcWeb, where the results are presented as a list, with confidence scores.

If the resultset is greater than 1, then the frontend code must know to step through the list further and present the options as alternatives for the user to select from…

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