libpostal: C Library for Global Street Address Parsing and Normalization
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nateb2022
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Summary
libpostal is a C library for parsing and normalizing street addresses globally using statistical NLP and open data. The project aims to interpret location-based strings in all languages worldwide.
Key quotes
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For a more comprehensive overview of the research behind libpostal, be sure to check out the (lengthy) introductory blog posts.
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