The follow items describe the TAMU quality metrics that are computed and returned along with geocodes produced by the TAMU Geocoder.
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Parcel centroid
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A exact match was found to a parcel and its centroid is returned as output
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Street segment
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A match was found to the street segment and the address range
associated with the segment was used
to interpolate a point to return as output
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ZCTA
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A match was found to the ZIP portion of the address and its centroid was
returned as output
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City
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A match was found to the city portion of the address and its centroid was
returned as output
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County subregion
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A match was found to the city portion of the address
in the county subregion reference data set and its centroid was
returned as output
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County
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A match was found to the city portion of the address
in the county reference data set and its centroid was
returned as output
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Unmatchable
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A match could not be found for the input
| Unknown |
| GPS |
| BuildingCentroid |
| Building |
| BuildingDoor |
| Parcel |
| StreetSegment |
| StreetIntersection |
| StreetCentroid |
| USPSZipPlus5 |
| USPSZipPlus4 |
| USPSZipPlus3 |
| USPSZipPlus2 |
| USPSZipPlus1 |
| USPSZip |
| ZCTAPlus5 |
| ZCTAPlus4 |
| ZCTAPlus3 |
| ZCTAPlus2 |
| ZCTAPlus1 |
| ZCTA |
| City |
| ConsolidatedCity |
| MinorCivilDivision |
| CountySubRegion |
| County |
| State |
| Country |
| Unmatchable |
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Exact parcel centroid
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A exact match was found to a parcel and its centroid is returned as output
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Nearest parcel centroid
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A match was found to the nearest parcel and its centroid is returned as output
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Uniform lot interpolation
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A match was found to the street segment and the number of lots on the segment was used
to interpolate a point to return as output
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Address range interpolation
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A match was found to the street segment and the address range
associated with the segment was used
to interpolate a point to return as output
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ZCTA centroid
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A match was found to the ZIP portion of the address and its centroid was
returned as output
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City centroid
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A match was found to the city portion of the address and its centroid was
returned as output
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County subregion centroid
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A match was found to the city portion of the address
in the county subregion reference data set and its centroid was
returned as output
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County centroid
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A match was found to the city portion of the address
in the county reference data set and its centroid was
returned as output
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Unmatchable
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A match could not be found for the input
| Unmatchable |
| Unknown |
| AddressPoint |
| GPS |
| CountyParcel |
| RoofTop |
| ParcelCentroid |
| PrimaryStructureEntrance |
| DrivewayEntrance |
| BuildingFrontDoor |
| BuildingCentroid |
| ExactParcelCentroidPoint |
| ExactParcelCentroid |
| NearestParcelCentroidPoint |
| NearestParcelCentroid |
| ActualLotInterpolation |
| UniformLotInterpolation |
| AddressRangeInterpolation |
| StreetIntersection |
| StreetCentroid |
| ZCTAPlus5Centroid |
| ZCTAPlus4Centroid |
| ZCTAPlus3Centroid |
| ZCTAPlus2Centroid |
| ZCTAPlus1Centroid |
| ZCTACentroid |
| USPSZipPlus5LineCentroid |
| USPSZipPlus4LineCentroid |
| USPSZipPlus5AreaCentroid |
| USPSZipPlus4AreaCentroid |
| USPSZipPlus3AreaCentroid |
| USPSZipPlus2AreaCentroid |
| USPSZipPlus1AreaCentroid |
| USPSZipAreaCentroid |
| CityCentroid |
| ConsolidatedCityCentroid |
| CountySubdivisionCentroid |
| CountyCentroid |
| StateCentroid |
| CountryCentroid |
| DynamicFeatureCompositionCentroid |
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StreetAddress
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The matched input data was a postal street address
Example: 3620 South Vermont Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0255
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PostOfficeBox
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The matched input data was a Post Office Box address
Example: PO Box 0255, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0255
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RuralRoute
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The matched input data was a Rural Route address
Example: RR 13 Box 2, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0255
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StarRoute
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The matched input data was a Star Route address
Example: Star Route 13 Box 2, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0255
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HighwayContractRoute
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The matched input data was a Highway Contract Route address
Example: HC 13 Box 2, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0255
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Intersection
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The matched input data was an intersection of two or more streets
Example: 36th and Vermont, Los Angeles, CA
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NamedPlace
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The matched input data was a named place
Example: USC GIS Research Laboratory, Los Angeles, CA
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RelativeDirection
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The matched input data was a relative direction
Example: 1 mile south of downtown Los Angeles
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Unmatchable
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A match could not be found for the input
| Unmatchable |
| Unknown |
| StreetAddress |
| PostOfficeBox |
| RuralRoute |
| StarRoute |
| HighwayContractRoute |
| Intersection |
| NamedPlace |
| RelativeDirection |
| USPSZIP |
| City |
| State |
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Exact
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The input data exactly matched a feature in the reference data source:
| input |
3620 S Vermont Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0255 |
| reference |
3620 S Vermont Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0255 |
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Relaxed
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One or more of the input data attributes had to be removed to find a match in the reference data source:
| input |
3620 Vermont Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0255 |
| reference |
3620 S Vermont Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0255 |
- South is missing from input and is present in the reference
For more details, see the section on Address Relaxation above.
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Soundex
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One or more of the input data attributes had to be matched with soundex to find a match in the reference data source:
| input |
3620 S Vermonnt Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0255 |
| reference |
3620 S Vermont Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0255 |
- Soundex("Vermonnt") = V655 = Soundex("Vermont")
For more details, see the section on Soundex Matching above.
| NoMatch |
| Exact |
| Relaxed |
| Substring |
| Soundex |
| Composite |
| Nearby |
| Unknown |
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Success
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A exact match was found
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Unmatchable
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A match could not be found for the input
| Unknown |
| Success |
| Ambiguous |
| BrokenTie |
| Composite |
| Nearby |
| LessThanMinimumScore |
| InvalidFeature |
| NullFeature |
| Unmatchable |
| ExceptionOccurred |
