Pitney Bowes MapXtreme User Manual

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Chapter 13: Finding Locations

Overview of the Data.Find Namespace

MapXtreme v7.1

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Developer Guide

The Find class provides four search methods: two for searching addresses or features with or
without a refining boundary, and two for searching street intersections with or without a refining
boundary.

Property

Description

AddressNumberAfterStreet

Specifies whether the address number is located after the street
name (for example, “Smith Street 107”).

ChooseAlternateBoundary

Specifies whether to match a record found in a refining region
other than the refining region specified.

ChooseClosestAddressRange Specifies

whether

to use the closest available address number

in cases where the address number does not match.

ChooseClosestObject

Specifies whether or not to find the closest object match when
an exact match is not found.

CloseMatchesMax

Specifies how many close matches to return if an exact match is
not found.

InsetDistance

A positive value representing how far from the ends of the line to
adjust the placement of an address location.

InsetPercentage Represents

the

percentage

of the length of the line where the

address is to be placed.

InsetUnit

Represents the distance unit to use for Inset.

OffsetDistance Representing

the

distance

to offset the placement of an address

location back from the street.

OffsetUnit Represents

the

distance unit to use for Offset.

UseAbbreviations Specifies

whether

substituting abbreviations from the

abbreviations file are used to find a match (for example, “Smith
Street” is substituted with “Smith St”).

UseCloseMatches

Specifies whether to return “N” number of close matches if an
exact match is not found.

UseInsetAsPercentage Specifies

whether

Inset is being used as a percentage or as a

distance.

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