[readme] Moving paragraph
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@@ -54,10 +54,6 @@ in terms of n-gram set overlap. In non-Latin scripts, say a Russian address and
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its transliterated equivalent, it's conceivable that two addresses referring to
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the same place may not match even a single character.
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libpostal aims to create normalized geographic strings, parsed into components,
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such that we can more effectively reason about how well two addresses
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actually match.
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As a motivating example, consider the following two equivalent ways to write a
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particular Manhattan street address with varying conventions and degrees
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of verbosity:
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@@ -69,6 +65,10 @@ Obviously '30 W 26th St Fl #7 != '30 West Twenty-sixth Street Floor Number 7'
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in a string comparison sense, but a human can grok that these two addresses
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refer to the same physical location.
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libpostal aims to create normalized geographic strings, parsed into components,
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such that we can more effectively reason about how well two addresses
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actually match and make automated server-side decisions about dupes.
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Isn't that geocoding?
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