MapInfo Products KnowledgeBase

Product: MapInfo Professional
Version: 8.5
Platform: Citrix; Windows 2003 Server Enterprise; Windows XP Home; Windows XP Home SP1A; Windows XP Home SP2; Windows XP Professional; Windows XP Professional 64 - 32 Bit Mode; Windows XP Professional SP 1A; Windows XP Professional SP 2; Windows 2000 Professional SP4
Category: Geocoding Services

Summary:
Setting the input options for Service Geocoding - (MapInfo Professional v8.5).

Question:

Setting the input options for Service Geocoding - (MapInfo Professional v8.5).

Answer:

The Input tab of the Geocode Properties dialog box displays the table structure for the file you specified in the Geocode from Table field (from the Geocode using Server dialog box). You use the Input tab to specify the input table columns you want the server to use to perform the geocode. If there are entries in these drop down lists already, MapInfo Professional may prefill them using the metadata available from the input table. It is a good idea to review the data selected in these dropdown lists to ensure that the data you are geocoding is appropriate.

To set the input options for service geocoding:

1. Complete the instructions in Geocoding a Table using a Geocoding Service-->MapInfo Products Knowledge Base to display the Geocode Properties dialog box, Input tab.



When you select the Allow Advanced Address check box, the City/Town Subdivision and Country/Secondary Subdivision fields enable. You can use them to specify this data. Not all countries use all of these fields.

2. Use the fields in this dialog box to identify the input criteria for the geocoding search. Select the column headings you want to use in geocoding by selecting them from the drop-down lists. Some of the entries may be prefilled with metadata from your .TAB file.

Note: Some of the fields are enabled or disabled based on the type of geocoding you specified.

Input Table Name
Name of the table you are geocoding. This field is prefilled from your selection in the Geocode Using Server dialog box.

Allow Advanced Address
Select this check box to enable the City/Town Subdivision and Country Secondary Subdivision drop-down column selection. If you do not need these options to perform the geocode, we recommend you clear this check box.

Note: Some countries require these fields, others do not.

Address
This field contains the street address column name. This field is required for street-level geocoding.

Address 2
This field contains the secondary street address column name for building number, apartment number-type information.

City/Town Name
This field contains the town or city column name to be geocoded. This field is required for geographic centroid level geocoding.

City/Town Subdivision
This field contains a subdivision of the city. This is used in the U.S. for Puerto Rican urbanization areas but may be used in other geographies as well.

Country Secondary Subdivision
This field contains the column name of subdivision of a country; in the U.S. the country secondary subdivision is a county.

State/Province
This field contains the column name for the country’s states or provinces. This field is required for geographic centroid level geocoding.

Postal Code
This field contains the column name for the unique identifier for postal mailing zones. In the U.S. it is a 5- or 9-digit ZIP Code. This field is required for postal centroid level geocoding.

Secondary Postal Code
This field contains the column name for the additional postal zone identifier. In the U.S. it is a 4-digit extension to the Primary Postal Code.

Country
This field contains either the country code or the column name for the country based on the country information from the Geocode Using Server dialog box.

Save Settings to Input Table Metadata
Select this option to save the settings you have selected in this dialog box to the input table you are geocoding. If you select this check box, when you geocode this table again, MapInfo Professional “remembers” these settings.

3. When you have completed these selections and entries, you are ready to select the output settings. See:

• Setting the Output Options for Service Geocoding-->MapInfo Products Knowledge Base
• Setting the Advanced Output Options for Service Geocoding-->MapInfo Products Knowledge Base
• Setting the Table Options for Service Geocoding-->MapInfo Products Knowledge Base
• Setting the Common Options for Service Geocoding-->MapInfo Products Knowledge Base

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