Geocoding Options

The following table lists the options that control how a location's coordinates are determined.

Note: As the EGM Module transitions its administrative tasks to a web-based Management Console, labels for the options may use different wording than what you see in Enterprise Designer. There is no difference in behavior.
Table 1. Geocoding Options for Japan

Option Name

Description

Geocode level

Specifies how precisely you want to geocode addresses. One of the following:

Street address
The geocoder attempts to geocode addresses to a street address, but some matches may end up at a less precise location such as a postal code centroid, intersection, or shape path.
Postal centroid
If postal code data is available, the geocoder attempts to geocode addresses to the most precise postal code it finds. The advantage of postal code centroid matching is the speed of the operation. The disadvantage of postal code matching is that the geocoder only examines the PostalCode field. If you use street address precision, the geocoder looks at both the street name and the PostalCode field and attempts to return street-level coordinates and optionally fall back to postal code coordinates.
Geographic centroid
The geocoder attempts to geocode addresses to the geographic centroid of a city or state.

Address point interpolation

Geographic centroid

Specifies whether to attempt to determine a geographic region centroid when an address-level geocode cannot be determined.

Postal centroid

Specifies whether to attempt to determine a postal code centroid when an address-level geocode cannot be determined.

Coordinate system

A coordinate system is a reference system for the unique location of a point in space. Cartesian (planar) and Geodetic (geographical) coordinates are examples of reference systems based on Euclidean geometry. Spectrum™ Technology Platform supports systems recognized by the European Petroleum Survey Group (EPSG).

Each country supports different coordinate systems. Depending on the country, you have one or more of the following options:

EPSG:4301
Also known as the Tokyo coordinate system.
EPSG:4326
Also known as the WGS84 coordinate system.

Return Parsed Address

 Specifies whether to return the formatted input street address and each input address element in a separate field. This feature can help you understand how the input address was parsed and identify specific input elements that could not be geocoded. For example, a returned HouseNumber.Input could contain an invalid house number in your input address.
You can specify parsed input returns for a specific country. For example, a REST API example for Canada is:
Option.CAN.IncludeInputs=Y
Note: Data vintage must be 2014 Q4 or newer to get Parsed Address Input returns. Also note that Parsed Address Input elements are not returned for every country.
Parsed Address Input elements are returned in separately labeled fields names with a .Input extension. For example:
  • FormattedInputStreet.Input
  • City.Input
  • Country.Input
  • HouseNumber.Input
  • Locality.Input
  • PostalCode.Base.Input
  • StreetName.Input
  • StreetSuffix.Input

    Other labeled fields are possible depending on the input address, country, and data source.

    Note: Parsed Address Input elements are not returned for every country. Also, because Geocode Address World geocodes to the geographic or postal level only (not street address), this does not return Parsed Address Input

    For many countries, if part of the input address could not be recognized as a specific address element, this content is returned in UnparsedWords.Input.

    For intersection addresses, the first entered street is returned in StreetName.Input and the second entered street name is returned in IntersectionIdStreet2.Input.