{
  "id": 21901,
  "title": "The address in \"town_state.csv\"",
  "url": "/competitions/grupo-bimbo-inventory-demand/discussion/21901",
  "author_name": "",
  "post_date": "2016-06-27T04:46:40.040Z",
  "votes": 1,
  "comment_count": 6,
  "views": 861,
  "content": "<p>I try to search the address which contains the &quot;Town&quot; and &quot;State&quot; on Google map.  But I can not find anything meaningful. I was wandering what do &quot;Town&quot; and &quot;State&quot; mean?\nCould someone from Mexico could help us on the meaning of &quot;Town&quot; and &quot;State&quot;?</p>\n\n<p>I hope this could also help others.</p>",
  "messages": [
    {
      "id": "125169",
      "postDate": "06/27/2016 04:46:40",
      "content": "<p>I try to search the address which contains the &quot;Town&quot; and &quot;State&quot; on Google map.  But I can not find anything meaningful. I was wandering what do &quot;Town&quot; and &quot;State&quot; mean?\nCould someone from Mexico could help us on the meaning of &quot;Town&quot; and &quot;State&quot;?</p>\n\n<p>I hope this could also help others.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "I try to search the address which contains the \"Town\" and \"State\" on Google map.  But I can not find anything meaningful. I was wandering what do \"Town\" and \"State\" mean?\r\nCould someone from Mexico could help us on the meaning of \"Town\" and \"State\"?\r\n\r\nI hope this could also help others.",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "125170",
      "postDate": "06/27/2016 04:48:30",
      "content": "<p>I think the groceries that are close to each other may influence each other's inventory.  That's why I want to explore the address of each Agencia.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "I think the groceries that are close to each other may influence each other's inventory.  That's why I want to explore the address of each Agencia.",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "125183",
      "postDate": "06/27/2016 10:50:51",
      "content": "<p>Good idea,but external data is not allowed.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Good idea,but external data is not allowed.",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "125185",
      "postDate": "06/27/2016 11:29:26",
      "content": "<p><strong>chu_cs_nmsu:</strong>\nStates are states, only take care of Queretaro de Arteaga and QUERETARO; it's the same state. Maybe encoding is causing you some trouble with accents.</p>\n\n<p>You can think that towns are counties (municipios) or towns; it is the name given to the Agency and is usually related to a short name of the county. Sometimes a county has more than one agency, for example, municipio NAUCALPAN DE JUAREZ has 9 Agencies.  with two names: MEGA NAUCALPAN and NAUCALPAN II</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "**chu_cs_nmsu:**\r\nStates are states, only take care of Queretaro de Arteaga and QUERETARO; it's the same state. Maybe encoding is causing you some trouble with accents.\r\n\r\nYou can think that towns are counties (municipios) or towns; it is the name given to the Agency and is usually related to a short name of the county. Sometimes a county has more than one agency, for example, municipio NAUCALPAN DE JUAREZ has 9 Agencies.  with two names: MEGA NAUCALPAN and NAUCALPAN II",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "125186",
      "postDate": "06/27/2016 11:35:05",
      "content": "<p>Hi gmobza,</p>\n\n<p>Thanks for explaining.  This helps a lot.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Hi gmobza,\r\n\r\nThanks for explaining.  This helps a lot.",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "128169",
      "postDate": "07/18/2016 09:49:59",
      "content": "<p>By means of &quot;Batch Geocoding&quot; (<a href=\"http://www.findlatitudeandlongitude.com/batch-geocode/#.V4yi0KL10Sx\">http://www.findlatitudeandlongitude.com/batch-geocode/#.V4yi0KL10Sx</a>) i was able to associate the &quot;Town&quot; and &quot;State&quot; attributes with geocode attributes &quot;Latitude&quot; and &quot;Longitude&quot; (some names had to modified to get a match).</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "By means of \"Batch Geocoding\" (http://www.findlatitudeandlongitude.com/batch-geocode/#.V4yi0KL10Sx) i was able to associate the \"Town\" and \"State\" attributes with geocode attributes \"Latitude\" and \"Longitude\" (some names had to modified to get a match).",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "184659",
      "postDate": "05/22/2017 16:19:00",
      "content": "<p>Every map engine is different and best is if you predefine address tokens before processing them. You do not need to create separate file to do that. Use tool called <a href=\"https://csv2geo.com/\">https://csv2geo.com</a> that will give you the ability to point which parts of the address belong where.\nthere are around 48 parts that can construct an address. This tool will help you build and process it without hassle. regards </p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Every map engine is different and best is if you predefine address tokens before processing them. You do not need to create separate file to do that. Use tool called https://csv2geo.com that will give you the ability to point which parts of the address belong where.\nthere are around 48 parts that can construct an address. This tool will help you build and process it without hassle. regards",
      "votes": null
    }
  ],
  "comments": [
    {
      "id": 125170,
      "author_name": "chu1990",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "06/27/2016 04:48:30",
      "content": "<p>I think the groceries that are close to each other may influence each other's inventory.  That's why I want to explore the address of each Agencia.</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 125183,
      "author_name": "mgchbot",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "06/27/2016 10:50:51",
      "content": "<p>Good idea,but external data is not allowed.</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 125185,
      "author_name": "gmobaz",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "06/27/2016 11:29:26",
      "content": "<p><strong>chu_cs_nmsu:</strong>\nStates are states, only take care of Queretaro de Arteaga and QUERETARO; it's the same state. Maybe encoding is causing you some trouble with accents.</p>\n\n<p>You can think that towns are counties (municipios) or towns; it is the name given to the Agency and is usually related to a short name of the county. Sometimes a county has more than one agency, for example, municipio NAUCALPAN DE JUAREZ has 9 Agencies.  with two names: MEGA NAUCALPAN and NAUCALPAN II</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 125186,
      "author_name": "chu1990",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "06/27/2016 11:35:05",
      "content": "<p>Hi gmobza,</p>\n\n<p>Thanks for explaining.  This helps a lot.</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 128169,
      "author_name": "hormiga",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "07/18/2016 09:49:59",
      "content": "<p>By means of &quot;Batch Geocoding&quot; (<a href=\"http://www.findlatitudeandlongitude.com/batch-geocode/#.V4yi0KL10Sx\">http://www.findlatitudeandlongitude.com/batch-geocode/#.V4yi0KL10Sx</a>) i was able to associate the &quot;Town&quot; and &quot;State&quot; attributes with geocode attributes &quot;Latitude&quot; and &quot;Longitude&quot; (some names had to modified to get a match).</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 184659,
      "author_name": "alexismoore",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "05/22/2017 16:19:00",
      "content": "<p>Every map engine is different and best is if you predefine address tokens before processing them. You do not need to create separate file to do that. Use tool called <a href=\"https://csv2geo.com/\">https://csv2geo.com</a> that will give you the ability to point which parts of the address belong where.\nthere are around 48 parts that can construct an address. This tool will help you build and process it without hassle. regards </p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": []
    }
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    "125169": "I try to search the address which contains the \"Town\" and \"State\" on Google map.  But I can not find anything meaningful. I was wandering what do \"Town\" and \"State\" mean?\r\nCould someone from Mexico could help us on the meaning of \"Town\" and \"State\"?\r\n\r\nI hope this could also help others.",
    "125170": "I think the groceries that are close to each other may influence each other's inventory.  That's why I want to explore the address of each Agencia.",
    "125183": "Good idea,but external data is not allowed.",
    "125185": "**chu_cs_nmsu:**\r\nStates are states, only take care of Queretaro de Arteaga and QUERETARO; it's the same state. Maybe encoding is causing you some trouble with accents.\r\n\r\nYou can think that towns are counties (municipios) or towns; it is the name given to the Agency and is usually related to a short name of the county. Sometimes a county has more than one agency, for example, municipio NAUCALPAN DE JUAREZ has 9 Agencies.  with two names: MEGA NAUCALPAN and NAUCALPAN II",
    "125186": "Hi gmobza,\r\n\r\nThanks for explaining.  This helps a lot.",
    "128169": "By means of \"Batch Geocoding\" (http://www.findlatitudeandlongitude.com/batch-geocode/#.V4yi0KL10Sx) i was able to associate the \"Town\" and \"State\" attributes with geocode attributes \"Latitude\" and \"Longitude\" (some names had to modified to get a match).",
    "184659": "Every map engine is different and best is if you predefine address tokens before processing them. You do not need to create separate file to do that. Use tool called https://csv2geo.com that will give you the ability to point which parts of the address belong where.\nthere are around 48 parts that can construct an address. This tool will help you build and process it without hassle. regards"
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