How to parse freeform street/postal address out of text, and into components

Question

We do business largely in the United States and are trying to improve user experience by combining all the address fields into a single text area. But there are a few proble

Answer 1

UPDATE: Geocode.xyz now works worldwide. For examples see https://geocode.xyz

For USA, Mexico and Canada, see geocoder.ca.

For example:

Input: something going on near the intersection of main and arthur kill rd new york

Output:

  40.5123510000
  -74.2500500000
  347,718
  America/New_York
  
    main
    arthur kill
    
    
    STATEN ISLAND
    NY
    11385
    0.9
  

You may also check the results in the web interface or get output as Json or Jsonp. eg. I'm looking for restaurants around 123 Main Street, New York