Address Guidelines for Austria

Follow these guidelines to provide input that GeocodeAddressGlobal can successfully geocode. For additional information about Austrian addresses, see the Austria Post website: http://www.post.at/.

• Required fields—Addresses must contain either a city or a postal code.
• State abbreviations—State abbreviations are supported. The following table lists the Austrian states and their abbreviations.

  Burgenland	Bgl
  Kärnten	Ktn
  Niederösterreich	NÖ
  Oberösterreich	OÖ
  Salzburg	Sbg
  Steiermark	Stm
  Tirol	Tirol
  Vorarlberg	Vbg
  Wien	Wien

• Thoroughfare types—Austrian thoroughfare types and their common abbreviations are recognized and fully supported on input and output.
• Numbers, numeric equivalents, and ordinals—Numbered streets are mapped to the named equivalents. Ordinals are also recognized in input addresses.
• Common words and abbreviations—Common words, directionals, house number indicators, and abbreviations used in addresses are recognized.