Pitney Bowes MapXtreme - Manual (Page 265)

Chapter 13: Finding Locations
Fine Tuning the Find Process
MapXtreme v7.1 272 Developer Guide
Fine Tuning the Find Process
As we stated in the beginning of this chapter, the more you understand about how Find works, the
better you can use its properties and your input information to improve the chances for a successful
match. This section provides some help with developing strategies for improved results during a
Find.
Editing the Mapinfow.abb File
The Mapinfow.abb file is an abbreviations and substitution file that ships with MapXtreme. This file
can be used to improve the chances for a Find if the abbreviation in the input address can be found
in the abbreviations file. This is covered in the section
Matching to Street Abbreviations . This
section covers additional types of information you can include in the file.
You can edit Mapinfow.abb in any text editor or word processor. Open the file and make your
additions, adding keywords as necessary. Here is a standard version of the file:
!Version 3.0
FIRST
1ST
SECOND 2ND
THIRD 3RD
FOURTH 4TH
FIFTH 5TH
SIXTH 6TH
SEVENTH 7TH
EIGHTH 8TH
NINTH 9TH
TENTH 10TH
NORTH N
SOUTH S
EAST E
WEST W
ALLEY AL
AVENUE AV
AVE AV
BOULEVARD BLVD
Member Name Description
ExactMatch An exact match was found.
SubstitutionUsed A substitution from the abbreviations file used.
ExactMatchNotFound An exact match was not found.
NoObjectNameSpecified No object name specified; match not found.
CloseMatch A close match was found.