Multi-matches/Candidates

Option Name Description

Return Matches

Select this option to return the list of possible matches when there is more than one possible match for the input address and a single best match cannot be identified.

Reject multi-matches
Do not return the ambiguous matches.
Allow multi-matches
Return the addresses that are possible matches for the input address. Default.

Return candidates

Select this option to return candidate addresses whenever the match attempt produces candidates. If you enable this option, the geocoder will return candidates both when the input address matches to a single address and when the input address matches multiple addresses.

This option differs from Return Matches - Allow multi-matches in that the Return Matches - Allow multi-matches option does not return candidates if the input address matches to a single address.

Best matches only
If you specify Return candidates you can choose to return just those candidates that are considered to be best matches.
Note: A best match does not necessarily indicate a high-quality match. You should always check the values in the output fields MatchCode and LocationCode to determine the quality of the match.