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...Powered by statistical NLP and open geo data. libpostal is a C library for parsing/normalizing street addresses around the world using statistical NLP and open data. The goal of this project is to understand location-based strings in every language, everywhere. Addresses and the locations they represent are essential for any application dealing with maps (place search, transportation, on-demand/delivery services, check-ins, reviews). Yet even the simplest addresses are packed with local conventions, abbreviations and context, making them difficult to index/query effectively with traditional full-text search engines. This library helps convert the free-form addresses that humans use into clean normalized forms suitable for machine comparison and full-text indexing. ...

...It comes as a portable C++ application with no dependency on any other program (except the GNU/ Linux platform libraries). It aims at being easy to install, easy to run and easy to use. It was written and tested on a two+ years old netbook. It concentrates on supporting the essential instrument management use cases: - Browse and export track logs. - Browse, export and import waypoints. - Create and browse routes. It does not aim at being a full-fledged flight-management and analysis tool - simply because such tools are available online all over the net (e.g. Leonardo). Additional import formats may be added in the future.

Tiger Mapping and Routing Server is being written in order to facilitate the creation of open source GPS navigation software. Its goal is to simplify street level routing and map drawing which are essential for user-friendly interfaces.