Lacslink, Using lacslink, Lacs – Pitney Bowes MapMarker USA User Manual
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Link
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MapMarker geocodes your data while CASS processing and provides a printed report of the
address standardization operation.
You can geocode using the CASS standards for any table, local or remote, without producing a
report or conforming closely to the output columns. In this case, you do not qualify for the bulk
mailing discount, but you are still geocoding your records to stricter matching standards.
LACS
Link
LACS
Link®
is a data product provided by the USPS
®
that enables addresses that have been
converted because of municipality changes or 911 emergency systems to be linked with their
updated addresses. The LACS
Link
database provided by the USPS contains a nationwide list of
converted addresses.
The LACS
Link
technology and data have been added into MapMarker for use when you geocode in
CASS mode. LACS
Link
processing enables you to check your addresses against the LACS
Link
database, and receive the converted address for any input address that has been converted. Most
address conversions are the result of changes by the local governments that convert rural style
addresses to street-style addresses for 911 conversions. Other addresses are converted because of
changes to street names or P.O. Box™ renumbering.
Although you run LACS
Link
when you do CASS™ mode geocoding, it is a separate process from
geocoding. LACS
Link
is an address standardization tool only. Records that undergo LACS
Link
processing are not geocoded. The converted address is returned in the candidate list, but no
coordinates are returned with it. These records have an S0 result code. To geocode the converted
addresses, you must do a second geocode pass on the table.
LACS
Link
processing for an input address takes place under these circumstances:
•
Input address is matched to a record in the Address Dictionary that has a LACS indicator set to
“L.”
•
Input address is matched to a record in the Address Dictionary that is a Rural Route default.
•
Input address does not match a record in the Address Dictionary.
See the following topics:
Using LACSLink
Street Directionals with DPV
DPV and LACSLink Usage Guidelines and Requirements
Using LACS
Link
To use LACS
Link®
, do the following:
1. If you have not done so already, add the required CASS columns to the table that you want to
geocode. See
for information on the columns.
2. Start MapMarker.