This is discussed in detail in the Advanced Geocoding section of the manual under ALTERNATE STREET NAMES, STREET NAME HAS CHANGED section.
Street files like Street Pro have the data split into one sub table that contains one occurrence of each unique road name in the source file, and a MI_REFNUM that is a unique ID number corresponding to the unique street name. This is done to speed up geocoding, searching on an intiger instead of a character string. The second table has the map objects, L/R From/To and MI_REFNUM. If you have a new street name for an existing street or several names for one street (such as Main St and Old US 25), open the file containing the association of the unique street name and MI_REFNUM and note the MI_REFNUM for the original street name, then add the new or alias street name and the same MI_REFNUM as the old (original) name to the table (Control E). With both names sharing the same reference number, it will add a geocode symbol for either name to the same line segment. William "Woody" Woodruff Zoning Administrator Charter Township of Union, Isabella County, Michigan -84.80947000 43.61095100 2010 S Lincoln Rd, Mt. Pleasant, MI 48858 (989) 772 4600 EXT 41 Visit our web site at http://www.geocities.com/ctuzoning/index.htm -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: April 17, 2004 21:38 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: MI-L Geocoding Hi All, I want to be able in mapinfo pro to find (geocode address) with old street name as well as new street names. I am not sure If I can do that because the file structure is <Street Name><FromLeft><ToLeft><FromRight><ToRight>. That structure wont work of course. However, I found in MapInfo User Guide some hints about using another table using all the alternative names. So does anyone know how can I do that? Thanks in advance, Yours, Sherif --------------------------------------------------------------------- List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message number: 11453
