freyfogle
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Comment · 1 year ago
C'mon Jilles, as we say in Germany "no risk, no fun"
Comment · 1 year ago
Thanks, amigo. If you want to come by and show me how it's done, you are more than welcome. As it happens, yes, we were a family fo four.
Comment · 1 year ago
you can do a lot of things. You can live as a hunter/gatherer. The question is do you want to live like that?
Comment · 1 year ago
To my knowledge there are no rules against it, it is just a major and expensive plumbing project requiring redoing the whole kitchen. And so as a landlord why bother, you will always find someone willing to rent, no matter how unlivable the place. This dynamic was hardly unique to the Barbican, it was the reality of being a tenant in London, and ultimately one of the reasons I left. London's housing stock is just terrible compared to every other city I've lived in.
Comment · 1 year ago
not seven, but yes, I had two small children at the time
Comment · 1 year ago
If you know where to look there are still a few old wall maps left in the Barbican that show the old high walks
Comment · 1 year ago
I lived there for three years, rented a flat. Living in the Barbican was fantastic, livign in my flat was not fantastic. I used to joke it was a time machine to 1965. There was not only no dishwasher, there was literally no space for a dishwasher. Day one that seems funny, a few days later less so. I was spending a fortune in rent to spend 30 minutes every day handwashing my dishes. I did know people who had bought and renovated, they had amazing places. Oddly on my hall of 10 there were 10 flats of which 4 were empty. I don't mean someone just came occasionally I mean 100% empty with no furniture, with rich people just using it as an investment. Overall though was a greart experience, it's a fantasic place.
Comment · 1 year ago
Possibly, but they only cover the US
Comment · 1 year ago
If you think that is a fair trade I would love the chance to talk with you and save you A LOT of money.
Our experience (10+ years of offering a geocoding service) is that many people (of course depending on exact needs and use case) are significantly over-spending and could be using open data to reduce costs by 80+%.
Happy to chat if interested
Comment · 1 year ago
> I suppose you can't please everyone.
correct
Comment · 1 year ago
well the pricing models are per request, but just in easy to understand buckets (small, medium, large). Our experience is most people prefer this as they know exactly what they will spend, there is never a surprising bill.
That said we do have enterprise customers with other pricing models to meet their exact needs. Please get in touch if we can help you.
Comment · 1 year ago
IP geolocation is a different (albeit similar) topic than geocoding.
See: https://opencagedata.com/guides/how-ip-geolocation-differs-f...
Comment · 1 year ago
There is a list here (vs. Google)
https://opencagedata.com/guides/how-to-switch-from-google-ma...
though really the key difference is the fact that we use open data. Googles data is not open, this significatly restricts what you can do with the data.
And here is a similar comparison versus running your own Nominatim https://opencagedata.com/guides/how-to-switch-from-nominatim
Please let us know if anything is out of date or can be made more clear. Thanks.
Comment · 1 year ago
Hi,
Great. The only real answer is you should sign up for a free trial (takes 2 min, requires just an email address) and test with your actual input data. Which language are you working in? We have SDKs for almost all (30+) and detailed tutorials for many: https://opencagedata.com/sdks
You can also test manually on our demo page: https://opencagedata.com/demo
You can do a lot to help us by formatting the input data well: https://opencagedata.com/guides/how-to-format-your-geocoding...
re: company names, it is a real challenge as they introduce a lot of noise.
Please can you follow up by email with specific questions: support @ opencagedata.com
I hope we have the chance to work with you
Comment · 1 year ago
I'm sorry but not surprised to read that you had a bad experience with positionstack. They have been unreliable for years, and worse yet unresponsive about it.
If you still need geocoding very happy to have a conversation, or you can just check out our site: https://opencagedata.com
We use only open data, you can store it forever (even if no longer a customer) and use it for whatever you like.
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