Address Guidelines for Spain

Follow these guidelines to provide input that Geocode Address Global can successfully geocode. For additional information about the Spain postal system, see the Spanish postal service website: http://www.correos.es/.

• Required fields—Addresses must contain either a city or a postal code.
• Supported languages—If a street has a Spanish name and Basque or Catalan alternate name, the returned candidate street name will match the input. That is, if a Basque or Catalan street name is used on input, then the Basque or Catalan alternate street name is returned as a close match candidate. If the Spanish street name is input, the Spanish street name is returned.
• Abbreviations in addresses—The geocoder handles common abbreviations that are used in Spanish addresses. This includes abbreviations for building types, floor indicators, titles, and articles of speech. The geocoder also supports all the official Spanish street type abbreviations plus a number of unofficial street types to help improve geocoding efficiency. Abbreviated street directionals are also handled on input and the returned candidate displays the complete directional. For example, input of Arroya Guadalpia N returns the street Arroya Guadalpia Norte.

  N,Norte, Nort	North
  S,Sur, Sud	South
  E,Este, Est	East
  O,Oeste, Oest	West