Address Now Module

The Address Now Module is an address standardization and validation tool that provides comprehensive coverage for addresses outside the U.S. and Canada. Address Now is one of two address standardization and validation modules available for Spectrum™ Technology Platform. The other module is the Universal Addressing Module. The Address Now Module provides the following benefits over the Universal Addressing Module for addresses outside the U.S. and Canada:

• Better data—The database used by the Address Now Module is more up to date and complete in many countries than the database used by the Universal Addressing Module. This is because the Universal Addressing Module relies on data from Universal Postal Union (UPU), a body of the United Nations, for its international data and while the data coverage is extensive, the updates and the level of address details are not proactively managed by the UPU. Address Now, on the other hand, relies on data directly from the postal authorities (in most countries), plus other third-party data providers. This means that the data is more current with postal changes and is more detailed.
• Drill-down feature—The Address Now Module also offers drill-down capabilities to address data from any country, allowing users to rapidly enter address information without having to worry about the structure or making data entry mistakes.
• Double-byte support—The Address Now Module is Unicode enabled, recognizing Kanji and other double-byte characters.