Address Guidelines for Middle East

GeocodeAddressGlobal with the Middle East database provides street-level, city, or geographic geocoding for many Middle East countries. These countries are bundled as the Middle East database (Product Code XM1). The geocoder for these countries supports both English and Arabic languages.

Follow these guidelines to provide input that GeocodeAddressGlobal can successfully geocode Middle East addresses.

• Required fields—Addresses must contain a city.
• Thoroughfare types—Thoroughfare types and their common abbreviations are recognized and fully supported on input and output.
• Common words and abbreviations—The geocoder recognizes common words, directionals, house number indicators, and abbreviations used in addresses and can geocode these addresses successfully.

If the input includes a state/province or locality and that input is matched, it does contribute to a higher candidate ranking., However, there is no penalty if state/province or locality is omitted or unmatched.