Pitney Bowes MapMarker USA - Manual (Page 84)

Using Single Line Addresses in Geocoding
MapMarker USA 25
84
User Guide
For example, to specify the intersection of Main Street and Washington Avenue, the column input
address could look like:
Main Street && Washington Avenue
Main St & Washington Ave.
Main St at Washington Ave
Main St and Washington Ave
You can omit spaces between the token and the street name, but the space is required for the ”and”
separator.
To use this single-column method to geocode to street intersections, do the following:
1. Open the table you want to geocode.
2. In the Select input columns from your table dialog, specify the columns that have the
appropriate address components. Map the column that contains the intersection information to
the Address box.
3. Click Next. In the Select output columns from your table dialog, select the columns in which you
want to store the output
4. Click Finish.
5. If the Geocode dialog does not display automatically, select Table > Geocode.
6. Click Geocode.
Intersection addresses stored in separate columns. In this method of intersection geocoding,
the street and cross street are stored in separate columns. An option in the Select input columns
from your table dialog enables you to specify which column to use as the cross street. To use this
method to geocode to street intersections, do the following:
1. Open the table you want to geocode.
2. In the Select input columns from your table dialog, specify the columns from your table that
have the appropriate address components. Map the columns that have the street and cross
street information to the Address and Address2 boxes.
3. Select the Use Address2 Column as Intersection Cross Street check box.
4. Click Next. In the Select output columns from your table dialog, select the columns to store
the output.
5. Click Finish.
6. If the Geocode dialog does not display automatically select Table > Geocode.
7. Click Geocode.
For an example of intersection geocoding see Intersection Geocoding on page 83 :
Using Single Line Addresses in Geocoding
MapMarker can geocode single line addresses, in which all address components appear on a single
line rather than in separate fields.