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Geocoding a Single Address using a Geocoding Service
The process for geocoding a single address for an Envinsa or MapMarker service. Keep in mind that
you must set up a geocoding service before you can use this type of geocoding.
The Help System contains these related topics:
• Geocoding a Single Address using a Geocoding Service
• Setting up a Geocoding Server
• Setting the Geocoding Server Preferences
Understanding the Geocoding Result Codes
The geocoding service returns a result code for each address it attempts to match. The code indicates
whether a match was made, the type of match it was, and conveys information about the quality of the
match. The result code is an alphanumeric code of 1-10 characters. There are four categories:
• Single close match to street level (S category)
• Postal Code centroid match (Z category)
• Multiple matches during automatic geocoding (M category)
• Non-matches (N category)
Matches in the M category indicate that there is more than one match candidate for the record and the
geocoding service has chosen the best one of those candidates. This category displays when you select
the automatic option and the geocoding service finds more than one strong match candidate.
For S and Z categories, the first two characters represent the positional accuracy of the match, that is,
where the point for the record would spot on a street map. For the S category matches there are eight
additional characters that indicate the individual components in the input address that matched. If the
geocoding service did not match on a particular address component, the code would contain a dash for
that element. For example, a single close match to a street address that matched to all address
components except house number would look like: S5-PNTSCZA.
S Category: Single Close Match to Street Level
matched to a point located at a Postal Code centroid S6
matched to a street address S5
matched to an interpolated point on the street segment S4
matched to a Secondary Postal Code centroid (centerpoint of the Secondary Postal
Code boundary) S3
matched to a Primary Postal Code centroid (centerpoint of the Primary Postal Code
boundary) S2
matched to a Postal Code centroid (centerpoint of the Postal Code boundary) S1
matched to a street intersection SX
single close match, no coordinates available S0
matched to house number H
matched to street prefix P
matched to street name N
matched to street type T
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