Re: st: geocode command and google query limit

["Dimitriy V. Masterov" <dvmaster@gmail.com>]

Lance,

I think you are hitting a limit on how many queries you can send. Once
you exceed the anonymous user limit (~2000-2500 addresses per day),
the geocode variable will be set to 620 for such observations and you
won't get any additional data. If you keep asking repeatedly, it will
continue to produce this result.

You should probably modify your loop to take into account the error
code and the accuracy codes:

GEOCODE ERROR DEFINITIONS:
    200 = no errors
    400 = incorrectly specified address
    500 = unknown failure reason
    601 = no address specified
    602 = unknown address
    603 = address cannot be geocoded due to legal or contractual reasons
    620 = Google Maps query limit reached

GEOSCORE ACCURACY LEVELS:
    0 = unknown accuracy
    1 = country-level accuracy
    2 = region-level (state, province, prefecture, etc.) accuracy
    3 = subregion-level (county, municipality, etc.) accuracy
    4 = town-level (city, village, etc.) accuracy
    5 = postal code-level (zip code) accuracy
    6 = street-level accuracy
    7 = intersection-level accuracy
    8 = address-level accuracy
    9 = premise-level (building name, property name, shopping center,
etc.) accuracy

DVM
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