Address Guidelines for Philippines

Follow these guidelines to provide input that GeocodeAddressGlobal can successfully geocode. For additional information on Philippines addresses, see the Philippine postal website http://www.philpost.gov.ph/www.philpost.gov.ph/.

• Required fields—Addresses must contain a city. PHL does not consider postal codes in addresses.
• Thoroughfare types—Thoroughfare types and their common abbreviations are recognized and fully supported in input addresses.
• Common words and abbreviations—Common words, directionals, house number indicators, and abbreviations used in addresses are supported.
• Numbers and numeric equivalents—Numbered streets are mapped to the named equivalents.