I see, but when running the 'standard' (free version) of the google geocoder within FME, I geocoded 5,000 addresses - multiple times. But if I geocode within excel I will be limited to 2,500 using the 'standard' version. I was curious if the transformer in FME somehow bypasses this limit.
I see, but when running the 'standard' (free version) of the google geocoder within FME, I geocoded 5,000 addresses - multiple times. But if I geocode within excel I will be limited to 2,500 using the 'standard' version. I was curious if the transformer in FME somehow bypasses this limit.
No, the limit is with Google alone.
No, the limit is with Google alone.
I am curious why would the GoogleGeocoder transofmer within FME let me geocode so many addresses if the limit is 2,500 requests per day?
Ok I hit a limit, but I have been running it all day, its not 2,500 not sure what it is.
There's a second limit: 50 requests per second. You can use a Decelerator to avoid this (but then you'd still be subject to the 2500 max requests per day).
It might be that Google uses a different, higher, limit internally than what they tell you online. It might even be that this is a flexible limit based on the volume of requests from paying clients and that it's just them being nice when they up the limit if they have spare capacity, but this is pure speculation on my part.
There's a second limit: 50 requests per second. You can use a Decelerator to avoid this (but then you'd still be subject to the 2500 max requests per day).
It might be that Google uses a different, higher, limit internally than what they tell you online. It might even be that this is a flexible limit based on the volume of requests from paying clients and that it's just them being nice when they up the limit if they have spare capacity, but this is pure speculation on my part.
Yeah I would think it is something along these lines.I believe the limit for me was somewhere around 9,000 but that could be different for anyone. I am going to keep using my companies API key because we need to run around 13k every Monday. However, if you only need to run say 5k I would give the free version a try.
Yeah I would think it is something along these lines.I believe the limit for me was somewhere around 9,000 but that could be different for anyone. I am going to keep using my companies API key because we need to run around 13k every Monday. However, if you only need to run say 5k I would give the free version a try.
Some services (e.g. Twitter) do not publish hard limits on their APIs, only guidelines. This is to have some leeway to block spammers earlier or because the system has some unpredictability built into it to make it more complicted to abuse. It might be that Google does something like that.
