Third pass, One pass settings, Specifying match settings – Pitney Bowes MapMarker USA User Manual
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Chapter 5:
Specifying Match Settings
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User Guide
Third Pass
Do a final geocoding pass on unmatched rows by geocoding to ZIP Centroid. Set the geocoding
precision in the Geocode dialog to To ZIP Centroid.
This pass picks up virtually all remaining records and geocodes them to ZIP Code centroid accuracy.
If your data includes ZIP + 4
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information, some of these ZIP Code centroid matches could geocode
to the street level in as nearly the same location as unique and close street matches from the first
pass.
One Pass Settings
If you do not want to geocode your table interactively, combine the first and third passes using the
following settings in the Options dialog:
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Require exact match on House Number. Do not require match on Street Name or ZIP Code.
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Do not accept first of multiple matches.
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Select Fallback to ZIP Centroids.
Specifying Match Settings
Consider the following when you change the Match Settings in the Geocode dialog.
See
for a detailed description of the choices in this dialog.
See the following topics:
City Name Matching on page 121
Street Name Matching on page 122
House Number Matching on page 122
Matching to Street Intersections on page 122
Geocoding to ZIP Centroids versus Falling Back to ZIP Centroid on page 122
Preferring User Dictionary Matches on page 122
ZIP Code Matching
If you do not specify ZIP Codes matching, MapMarker searches a wider area for a match. While this
causes slower performance, the match rate is higher because MapMarker does not need to match
exactly when it compares match candidates.
City Name Matching
If you do not specify city name matching, MapMarker searches on the street address matched to the
particular ZIP Code, and considers other cities that do not match the city name.