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What's the best approach for flexible geocoding in NYC that can handle descriptive locations like '3rd Ave between 30th and 40th St' and return coordinates for that area? 

Looking for solutions that can process both specific addresses and approximate area descriptions!

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I feel like this is something @jc4p might know. lol. Idk. If you don’t Kasra don’t be mad I just feel like you know everything about esoteric data sourcing and handling

google geocoder sucks at this, yahoo geocoder is slightly better but doesn't get context very well (like you have to tell it it's Manhattan), best is to use a dual layer where you rely on Google geocoder for most things then if it has no results use something like this:

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google geocoder sucks at this, yahoo geocoder is slightly better but doesn't get context very well (like you have to tell it it's Manhattan), best is to use a dual layer where you rely on Google geocoder for most things then if it has no results use something like this: https://gist.github.com/jc4p/6c45368fa8dedc5c782d1457f04394d2