Why? Because there is no worldwide quality source for addresses! Really, that's no joke. There are many commercial providers for "industrialized countries" of variable quality/pricing but worldwide coverage is lacking, the data formats are diverse and the license terms provider specific. There are also some open source projects related to addresses though, each with their gochas. Two of these proj
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