Ian,
Something I don't understand is why you have your addresses broken down into
separate columns. MI will geocode if all the address information is in the
same column.. I have had success using that method.
Perhaps someone else will have a more thorough idea of your plight. For me,
to have it all in one column works quite well, as you need.
Good luck!
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> Subject: Street number in geocoding - MI5.5
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> I've got a novice question about interactive geocoding, and I don't see
> a clue in the Mapinfo Professional 5.5 manual:
>
> Would someone please tell me
> 1) what, if anything, controls the fields which are displayed during
> interactive geocoding,
> 2) and how I can control that function?
>
> Details:
> I'm geocoding a file of ticket & pass outlets, against a map file of San
> Antonio streets (Bexardsl.TAB if you're interested). Each street is
> represented by several segments.
> In the file to geocode, street number is in the 2nd column and street
> name is in the 3rd column.
> In the map file (Bexardsl.tab), street name is in a column separated
> from (four) odd and even street number columns (left and right sides:
> leftadd1, leftadd2, rightadd1, rightadd2.)
>
> I understand the usual display while interactive geocoding is executing,
> is street and street number, so I can examine the address and pick the
> most appropriate one.
> But that's not what is happening. It's just displaying
> "Fredericksburg Road" twenty times
> and not "2000 Fredericksburg Road"
> "3000 Fredericksburs Road" etc.
>
> Naturally I have problems picking out the correct segment of
> Fredericksburg Road. Or any other street or road.
> I CAN arbitrarily pick one from the display, let it run to the end, then
> click-and-drag to move my map pin; but there are a lot of points to deal
> with, and with this non-solution the initial geocoding errors are easily
> several miles.
>
> Would someone please tell me
> 1) what, if anything, controls the fields which are displayed during
> interactive geocoding,
> 2) and how I can control that function?
>
> Ian Straus
> Market Research Specialist
> VIA Metropolitan Transit
> San Antonio, Texas
>
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