Input Fields

GeocodeAddressMalaysia takes an address or intersection as input. For Malaysia, GeocodeAddressGlobal takes an address or intersection as input. To obtain the best performance and the most possible matches, your input address lists should be as complete as possible, free of misspellings and incomplete addresses, and as close to postal authority standards as possible. Most postal authorities have websites that contain information about address standards for their particular country.

The following table lists the input fields used for geocoding locations in Malaysia.

Table 1. Input Fields for Malaysia

Parameter

Description

Data.AddressLine1

One of the following:

  • The address line containing the street name and building number. For example: Ruta 125 40405 Santo Domingo

    Jalan Chowrasta
    10100 Seksyen 15

  • This field can also contain the full address. For more information, see Single Line Input
  • For all countries except Argentina, Great Britain, and Japan, this field can contain a street intersection. To specify a street intersection, use double ampersand (&&) to separate the streets. For more information, see Street Intersection Input.

Data.AddressLine2

This field is not used in this country.

Data.City

The city or town name. For most countries, your input address should use the official city name or alias.

Data.County

The meaning of county varies by country.

  • MYS (Malaysia)—Not used
  • VNM (Vietnam)—District

Data.FirmName

A place name, such as a building name or company name.

Data.HouseNumber

The building number. You may get better parsing results for some countries if you put the house number in this field instead of AddressLine1. Not every country includes house number data.

For the best results, use the HouseNumber input field for these countries when using multi-line input: India, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, and Turkey.

Note: The house number specified in the HouseNumber field takes precedence over any house number specified in the AddressLine1 field.

Data.LastLine

The last line of the address.

  • Jalan Chowrasta
    10100 Seksyen 15

Data.Locality

The meaning of locality varies by country. Generally a locality is a village in rural areas or it may be a suburb in urban areas. When used, a locality typically appears on the last line of the address with the postcode.

  • MYS (Malaysia)—Not used
  • VNM (Vietnam)—Not used.

Data.PostalCode

The postal code in the appropriate format for the country.

Malaysia has a five-digit postal code system.

Data.StateProvince

The meaning of State/Province varies by country.

  • MYS (Malaysia)—State (negeri)