Today I have been approached by a lecturer from FTMSK regarding her PhD thesis. One of my SIG during the final year project exhibition recommended me to her, so she contacted me.

She’s doing about Cultural Tourism and has asked for my help developing a simple geocoding functionality and also an interactive map. Not help actually, she wants to pay me! The dateline is 1st of July.

What about the price? Hmm, let see. The price must reflect the time constraint, the scope, the technology used and not to forget my fee, hehe! Somewhere around 3 digits only,

The project looks simple, but the hardest part is the GeoCoding, especially for Malaysian street address. There are a lot of web services, web applications out there that served Geocoding for free, but none covers Malaysian street address. Not even Google GeoCoding service or Yahoo! Kalau ada pun, kena beli database dia dgn harga yg mahal.

Kalau nak buat sendiri database Geocode ni ambek masa yg lama, gerenti tak sempat. Lagipun nak buat utk 1 Malaysia ni, banyak tu! Nak buat utk Shah Alam aje pun dh banyak.

As a conclusion, I’ll try to find any free web services dlm 2,3 hari ni. Kalau tak dapat, I will propose an alternative solution to her that mimics the geocoding functionality.