Pitney Bowes MapMarker USA - Manual (Page 65)

Chapter 3:
Running MapMarker – Overview
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Output Field Size and Column Names
Mixed Case Street Output
Setting Startup Preferences
Running MapMarker – Overview
MapMarker geocodes your records to street level, ZIP Code™, or geographic centroid either
automatically (making a match without user interaction) or interactively (allowing you to decide the
match from a list of suggestions). You can use a number of strategies to geocode your records. A
basic scenario is to run MapMarker and follow these steps:
1. Open the table to be geocoded and identify the columns that contain specific address
components (see Selecting Input and Output Address Columns on page 73 .
2. Geocode your records automatically to match as many records as possible. See Geocoding
Your Table Automatically on page 78 .
3. Geocode remaining unmatched records interactively by choosing from a list of candidates. See
Geocoding Your Table Interactively on page 79 .
4. Display geocoded records in Pitney Bowes Software Inc. mapping software. See Displaying
Geocoded Records in MapInfo Professional on page 91 .
5. Analyze the result codes. See Result Codes .
After opening an input table, you must identify the input columns that contain address information to
use for matching purposes.
Opening and Running a Project
A project preserves settings preferences and restores these settings the next time the project is
opened. A project file overrides any existing metadata settings associated with a TAB file.
To create or save a project, see Creating and Saving a Project on page 107 . That topic also
describes the specific items that are saved with a project.
To open an existing project:
1. From the MapMarker menu, select File > Projects > Open Project.
2. Navigate to the folder that contains the project, select the project name (with a PROJ file
extension), and click Open.