Detect/Parse Mailing Addresses in Text
Are there any open source/commercial libraries out there that can detect mailing addresses in text, just like how Apple's Mail app underlines addresses on the Mac/iPhone.
I've been doing a little online research and the ideas seem to be either to use Regex or a full on NLP package such as Stanford's NLP, which usually are pretty massive. I doubt iPhone has a 500MB NLP package in there, which makes me to believe there should be an easier way. Too bad UIDataDetectors is not open source.
Thanks,
Drew
Are you only trying to detect US addresses, or anywhere in the world?
For US addresses, a quick check for known zip codes or state names/abbreviations might be a good place to start if you're looking to roll your own.
Yes, US only. I prefer to use a lib/tool that already exists.