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Parsed Postal Address Geocoding

Enter a parsed postal address and click the geocode button. The service will return an appropriate geocode. You may want to read the known bugs.

Input address data

Address Number
Street Predirectional
Street Name
Street Suffix
Street Postdirectional

Or

Post Office Box

Post Office Box Type (ex. PO Box)
Post Office Box Number

Locality

City
State
Zip
Zip+2
Zip+3
Zip+4
Zip+5
Geocoding options  (Leave defaults for best results)
Relaxation
Substring
Soundex
Uncertainty Hierarchy

Reference Sources


Parcels
(Los Angeles only)
(Los Angeles only)

Streets


Census 2008







Census 2000





Zip+4

Geocode Result

Transaction Id
Version
Latitude
Longitude
Quality
Geocode Quality Type
Match Score
Feature Matching Result Type
Feature Matching Geography Type
Interpoloation Type
Interpoloation SubType
MatchedLocationType
Status
Time

2000 Census Information

Census 2000 Block
Census 2000 Block Group
Census 2000 Tract
Census 2000 County FIPS
Census 2000 State FIPS

Geocoding options

Use Uncertainty Hierarchy
Use Attribute Relaxation
Relaxable Attributes
Use Substring Matching
Use Soundex Matching
Soundex Attributes
Use Caching
Reference Sources

Matched Reference Feature Information

Match type
Number
Number Fractional
PreDirectional
PreQualifier
Name
PostQualifier
Type
Post Directional
Suite Type
Suite Number
Post Office Box Type
Post Office Box Number
City
Conslidated City
Minor Civil Division
County Subregion
County
State
ZIP
ZIP+1
ZIP+2
ZIP+3
ZIP+4
ZIP+5
Source
Vintage
Area
AreaType
Geometry
Primary Id Field
Primary Id Value
Secondary Id Field
Secondary Id Value

Parsed Address

Number
Number Fractional
PreDirectional
PreQualifier
Name
Post Qualifier
Type
Post Directional
Suite Type
Suite Number
Post Office Box Type
Post Office Box Number
City
Consolidated City
Minor Civil Division
County Subregion
County
State
ZIP
ZIP+1
ZIP+2
ZIP+3
ZIP+4
ZIP+5

Matched Address Information

Number
Number Fractional
Pre Directional
Pre Qualifier
Name
Post Qualifier
Type
Post Directional
Suite Type
Suite Number
Post Office Box Type
Post Office Box Number
City
Consolidated City
Minor Civil Division
County Subregion
County
State
ZIP
ZIP+1
ZIP+2
ZIP+3
ZIP+4
ZIP+5

Batch geocoding is also available.

Single address non-parsed geocoding is also available.

Usage Fees and Rules

Our services are provided free of charge in allotments of 2500 transactions. All we ask is that you cite us in your work and/or add a link to us on your website.

Details of our usage policy including how to obtain additional credits and non-throttled access to our services are available on this page. Please contact us if you need more information.

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