Comments on: Getting full addresses for data from an FOI response (using APIs) http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2011/03/18/getting-full-addresses-for-school-data-in-an-foi-response/ A conversation. Mon, 21 May 2012 12:30:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Hands-outs and plans for data track at Global Investigative Journalism Conference in Kiev http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2011/03/18/getting-full-addresses-for-school-data-in-an-foi-response/#comment-157487 Hands-outs and plans for data track at Global Investigative Journalism Conference in Kiev Mon, 10 Oct 2011 09:33:36 +0000 http://onlinejournalismblog.com/?p=13647#comment-157487 [...] http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2011/03/18/getting-full-addresses-for-school-data-in-an-foi-response... [...] [...] http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2011/03/18/getting-full-addresses-for-school-data-in-an-foi-response… [...]

]]> By: Paul Bradshaw http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2011/03/18/getting-full-addresses-for-school-data-in-an-foi-response/#comment-143924 Paul Bradshaw Fri, 23 Sep 2011 05:58:21 +0000 http://onlinejournalismblog.com/?p=13647#comment-143924 Thanks - that looks very useful. Thanks – that looks very useful.

]]> By: Bruce http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2011/03/18/getting-full-addresses-for-school-data-in-an-foi-response/#comment-143664 Bruce Thu, 22 Sep 2011 23:53:09 +0000 http://onlinejournalismblog.com/?p=13647#comment-143664 Here is an article with downlable examples showing how to both complete addresses and plot addresses on each of google, bing, ovi and yahoo maps directly from excel. http://ramblings.mcpher.com/Home/excelquirks/getmaps Bruce Here is an article with downlable examples showing how to both complete addresses and plot addresses on each of google, bing, ovi and yahoo maps directly from excel.

http://ramblings.mcpher.com/Home/excelquirks/getmaps

Bruce

]]> By: SFTW: How to grab useful political data with the They Work For You API | Online Journalism Blog http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2011/03/18/getting-full-addresses-for-school-data-in-an-foi-response/#comment-57680 SFTW: How to grab useful political data with the They Work For You API | Online Journalism Blog Fri, 22 Jul 2011 08:38:16 +0000 http://onlinejournalismblog.com/?p=13647#comment-57680 [...] written before on how to use Google Refine to pull data into a spreadsheet from the Google Maps API and the UK Postcodes API, but this post takes things a bit further because the They Work For You [...] [...] written before on how to use Google Refine to pull data into a spreadsheet from the Google Maps API and the UK Postcodes API, but this post takes things a bit further because the They Work For You [...]

]]> By: Momoko Price http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2011/03/18/getting-full-addresses-for-school-data-in-an-foi-response/#comment-18178 Momoko Price Wed, 20 Apr 2011 17:10:14 +0000 http://onlinejournalismblog.com/?p=13647#comment-18178 Wonderfully helpful and enlightening post. Please keep technical-tip posts like this coming! The Google Refine data augmentation video kind of blew my mind. Now if I can just find the time to make good use of it! Momoko (@buzzdata) Wonderfully helpful and enlightening post. Please keep technical-tip posts like this coming!

The Google Refine data augmentation video kind of blew my mind. Now if I can just find the time to make good use of it!

Momoko (@buzzdata)

]]> By: Getting full addresses for data from an FOI response (using APIs) | Online Journalism Blog http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2011/03/18/getting-full-addresses-for-school-data-in-an-foi-response/#comment-18177 Getting full addresses for data from an FOI response (using APIs) | Online Journalism Blog Tue, 12 Apr 2011 14:59:55 +0000 http://onlinejournalismblog.com/?p=13647#comment-18177 [...] THE COMMENTS: Chip Oglesby suggests some other workarounds, including doing it all in Refine and using the Yahoo Maps API for half of the [...] [...] THE COMMENTS: Chip Oglesby suggests some other workarounds, including doing it all in Refine and using the Yahoo Maps API for half of the [...]

]]> By: Tech Tips: Making Sense of JSON Strings – Follow the Structure « OUseful.Info, the blog… http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2011/03/18/getting-full-addresses-for-school-data-in-an-foi-response/#comment-18176 Tech Tips: Making Sense of JSON Strings – Follow the Structure « OUseful.Info, the blog… Tue, 12 Apr 2011 10:26:41 +0000 http://onlinejournalismblog.com/?p=13647#comment-18176 [...] through the Online Journalism blog post on Getting full addresses for data from an FOI response (using APIs), the following phrase – relating to the composition of some Google Refine code to parse a [...] [...] through the Online Journalism blog post on Getting full addresses for data from an FOI response (using APIs), the following phrase – relating to the composition of some Google Refine code to parse a [...]

]]> By: A First Quick Viz of UK University Fees « OUseful.Info, the blog… http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2011/03/18/getting-full-addresses-for-school-data-in-an-foi-response/#comment-18175 A First Quick Viz of UK University Fees « OUseful.Info, the blog… Fri, 08 Apr 2011 22:21:27 +0000 http://onlinejournalismblog.com/?p=13647#comment-18175 [...] so in the end I used a trick posted to the OnlineJournalism blog to geocode the addresses (Getting full addresses for data from an FOI response (using APIs); rather than use the value.parseJson().results[0].formatted_address construct, I generated a couple [...] [...] so in the end I used a trick posted to the OnlineJournalism blog to geocode the addresses (Getting full addresses for data from an FOI response (using APIs); rather than use the value.parseJson().results[0].formatted_address construct, I generated a couple [...]

]]> By: Paul Bradshaw http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2011/03/18/getting-full-addresses-for-school-data-in-an-foi-response/#comment-18174 Paul Bradshaw Tue, 22 Mar 2011 16:12:06 +0000 http://onlinejournalismblog.com/?p=13647#comment-18174 You're a star - thanks! It was a quick hack so I went for speed over simplicity ;) - like the idea of using Yahoo! Maps API for the other 2,500 calls. You’re a star – thanks! It was a quick hack so I went for speed over simplicity ;) – like the idea of using Yahoo! Maps API for the other 2,500 calls.

]]> By: Chip Oglesby http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2011/03/18/getting-full-addresses-for-school-data-in-an-foi-response/#comment-18173 Chip Oglesby Tue, 22 Mar 2011 14:54:12 +0000 http://onlinejournalismblog.com/?p=13647#comment-18173 It's good that yall used Excel, Refine and the Maps API, but really all of this could have been done in Google Refine to begin with. I've been working something very similar the past few weeks and it's really easy to clean up messy data. Instead of using concate in excel, you can use the value + ", " + cells['column'].value For the json, you might want to try parseJson(value).results[0].formatted_address To split the columns up, you might want to try create a new column based on your current column: cells['column'].value.split(" ")[3,4] Also, you might consider using Google Maps for 2,500 calls and Yahoo Maps for the other 2,500 calls. Good luck! It’s good that yall used Excel, Refine and the Maps API, but really all of this could have been done in Google Refine to begin with.
I’ve been working something very similar the past few weeks and it’s really easy to clean up messy data.

Instead of using concate in excel, you can use the value + “, ” + cells['column'].value

For the json, you might want to try parseJson(value).results[0].formatted_address

To split the columns up, you might want to try create a new column based on your current column: cells['column'].value.split(” “)[3,4]

Also, you might consider using Google Maps for 2,500 calls and Yahoo Maps for the other 2,500 calls.

Good luck!

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