Single line geocoding capabilities and guidelines – Pitney Bowes MapMarker USA User Manual
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Chapter 3:
Using Single Line Addresses in Geocoding
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Each line of your single line input data must appear in the order:
<street address> <city> <state> <ZIP> <country>.
Not all of these address components are required. If you omit the ZIP Code™ and country,
MapMarker still geocodes the address based on street address, city, and state.
If you use delimiters (comma, semicolon, or colon) between each component of the address,
MapMarker parses the address accordingly. For example, if your input was:
One Global View, Troy, NY, 12180
The delimiters are recognized and the address is parsed as:
If delimiters are missing in the input address, MapMarker recognizes spaces as separators and uses
internal parsing rules to identify address components. In the example above, MapMarker would still
successfully geocode the address even if some or all of the delimiters were missing in the input.
However, non-delimited or partially delimited addresses may take longer to geocode.
Punctuation (such as quotation marks) are ignored for geocoding purposes.
See the following topics:
Single Line Geocoding Capabilities and Guidelines on page 85
Examples of Single Line Addresses on page 86
Single Line Geocoding Capabilities and Guidelines
MapMarker can recognize single line addresses that have the following characteristics:
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P.O. boxes
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Address units such as apartment or suite numbers
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Addresses with Private Mailbox (PMB) information
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Dual addresses (such as addresses containing both a P.O. Box and street)
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U.S military addresses
Single line address geocoding works within the following guidelines:
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The country is not required for U.S.A.
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You must include either (City plus State) or ZIP Code™ as the last address element. For
example, either Phoenix AZ or 85068-3049 (an Arizona ZIP Code) would be sufficient. However,
the City or State alone would not be sufficient.
Main Address
One Global View
City
Troy
State
NY
ZIP Code
12180
Country
U,S.A. (default for MapMarker U,S.A.)