Street Names
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Objectives- In this section you will learn how you can modify the Address Parsing Translation Table to compensate for unique problems in your address database
What the file does
The Address Parsing file is used to standardize the many ways in which street addresses may be written. The structure of the file is such that you can easily customize it to suit your own particular needs. This can be useful in situations where the addresses that you are geocoding contain a non-standard abbreviation or component order.
If, for example, you find that the address number is often shown as appearing after the street instead of before the street (E.G. Main St. 123 instead of 123 Main St.), you can instruct the Atlas Geocoder to assume a different order to the address convention.
Here are the specific items that you can control with the Address Parsing File:
The order of the address components (street name, street number, etc.)
The use of plurals when street intersections are used (1st & Main Streets)
The convention for numeric street names (2nd St. versus Second Street versus 2d Street)
Possible Intersection Conjunctions (1st & Main versus 1st and Main, etc.)
Items which should be stripped from the address (
Where it is located
The street type translation file is named STRDIR.TRN and is located in the \AtlasGIS\Geocode folder on your hard drive.
How to edit the translation file
The STRDIR.TRN file can be edited using any text editor or word process. To avoid inadvertantly inserting any formatting characters into the file, a text editor such as Windows Notepad is generally preferred. The abbreviations and spellings listed in the standard file appear in alphabetical order. After opening the file, simply find the section containing the direction you would like to add to. For example, in the section of the file appearing below, all of the abbreviatiions that correspond to HWY appear grouped together.
Once you find the approprate section, insert a blank line. In the left column, enter the non-standard abbreviation that appears in your address database. Next, enter a number of spaces or tabs and in the right column, enter the standard abbreviation that you would like Atlas to refer to, instead.
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