Fix property assessor geocode fallback

2026-03-28 00:25:31 -05:00
parent 7570f748f0
commit c68523386d
6 changed files with 275 additions and 19 deletions
--- a/docs/property-assessor.md
+++ b/docs/property-assessor.md
@@ -119,6 +119,8 @@ scripts/property-assessor locate-public-records --address "<street-address>"
 Current behavior:

 - uses the official Census geocoder
+- when Census address matching misses, falls back to an external address geocoder and then resolves official Census geographies from coordinates
+- retries fallback geocoding without the unit suffix when a condo/unit-qualified address is too specific for the fallback provider
 - returns matched address, county/state/FIPS, and block GEOID context
 - for Texas, returns:
  - Texas Comptroller county directory page