Geocoding 5000 addresses in php script

Question

I\'m looking to geocode over 5000 addresses at once in a PHP script (this will only ever be run once).

I have been looking into google as a potential resource for doing

Answer 1

The most reliable solution is to download geolocation database to your host so that you can do unlimited queries.

http://www.google.de/search?q=geolocation+database&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:ru:official&client=firefox#hl=en&expIds=17259,17315,18168,23628,25646,25834,26637,26746,26761,26849&xhr=t&q=geolocation+database+download&cp=22&pf=p&sclient=psy&client=firefox&hs=MvK&rls=org.mozilla:ru%3Aofficial&source=hp&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=geolocation+database+d&gs_rfai=&pbx=1&fp=d950b79c3319a56e