Title: Session:ParcelAddress Data Maintenance
1- Session Parcel/Address Data Maintenance
- How Addresses Are Used in GIS
- Presenter Wade Kloos, ESRI
- Date Thursday, October 4, 2001
2How Addresses Are Used In GIS
- Addresses are valuable attributes for
- managing GIS features (parcels,
- businesses, utilities,etc.)
Addresses can be used to join or relate GIS data
to other agency databases (police, sales-tax and
other non-APN based datasets)
3The Search for Map Position
- GEOCODING also called
- ADDRESS MATCHING
- Depicting the relationship of a records address
to a mapped street feature.
4GeoCoding How It Works
- Interpolating Process
- Compares a records address attribute to the
address range of a mapped feature a road.
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7Scoring GeoCoded Matches
The GeoCoding process assigns a match score to
each address if the match score is over a
certain threshold, the program will map the
record.
Example Record Range
Score
- 123 Main Street 100-200 Main St.
95 - 123 Maine St. 100-200 Main St. 80
- 123 Mane Rd. 100-200 Main St. 50/DNP
- 99 Main St. 100-200 Main St. DNP
8GeoCoding Not an Exact Science
- Placement can be affected by
- Inconsistencies of data entry process
- Subtleties of the GeoCoding scoring methods
- The interpretive process itself
- Land use patterns
- However, GeoCoding is useful when address data is
less than perfect
9Another Address Location Option
Direct queries against GIS feature databases -
Polygons and Points
ISSUES Not a Batch Process unless custom
scripts are built No tolerance for dissimilar
addresses no interpolation Once matched,
placement is as accurate as features are mapped
10- Based on parcel polygon attributes
11- Based on point feature attributes
12Database Conventions
To maximize usefulness of address information, a
database should have the several data fields,
including but not limited to
Street Number (numerical/alphanumeric) Street
Name Street Name Prefix Street Name Suffix Unit
Number (residential apt. or condo) Suite Number
(businesses) Address combo of number, street,
suffix, etc. City Zip Zip 2,4
13Database Standards
- Standardization of addressing syntax is critical
for consistent search results and integration
with other application databases. - Develop and adopt a master address database -
from USPS or existing city databases both of
which requires QC by staff - Every field needs to be QC
14Database Standards
- 1st vs. First
- E. Ball vs. East Ball
- Avenida del Caballo vs. Ave. Del Caballo
- King Court vs. King Ct
15Using GIS to QC Address Data
16Using GIS to QC Address Data