Geocoding solution | OPTI-TIME SA

With Geocoder, you can know GPS coordonates or adresses with the most accurate precision.

1/ Accuracy and score

The accuracy indicator gives the geocoding accuracy level : number, nearest number, street, block, postal code, city.

The score indicator measures the result reliability. It indicates the difference between the entry address and the geocoded address. Most of the time it is due to spelling errors, an incorrect way type, a wrong postal code, etc. The score immediately indicates the reliable results and the results that should be checked out.

2/ Dictionary

The dictionary makes it possible to keep the coordinates of addresses and to automatically assign them next time the same address occurs.

3/ Suggestion and modification

Each address can be selected in order to be checked and modified if necessary. The Geocoder displays the following detailed information:

The input address in separate and editable fields so that itcan be modified and geocoded again
The geocoded address, the longitude, the latitude andthe indicators
A list of suggestions of close results that can be directly selected by the user.
An address that has been corrected can then be validatedand is displayed in bold in the results list.

4/ Sorting and filtering

To make results easy to read, Geocoder has numerous display options depending on any field including accuracy and score.

Multicriteria sort
Results selection based on input accuracy
Tool to replace a group of characters

5/ Correction directly on the map

The Geocoder software allows directly locating the address on the map.
It can be very useful for locations that are known by the user but that might not yet be in the digital map databases: recent housing estates, buildings located in hamlets without street names, ...

Geocoded addresses editing tool in order to make changes if necessary
Suggestions in case of inaccurate or ambiguous addresses
Possibility of modifying all or part of any address to geocode it again
Possibility of directly locate and geocode an address on a map

6/ Point of interest geocoding

The Geocoder let the user locate and geocode what is frequently called points of interest: shopping centers, airports, castles, industrial park, ... In this case, Geocoder also provides, when available, the address of this point of interest.

7/Geocoding statistics

Geocoder offers real-time statistics, as it goes along processing geocoding. Those statistics enable you to asses the quality of the input addresses, as well as the quality of the geocoding.

Input accuracy: percentage and number of input addresses including a number, an address, a postalcode, a city
Geocoding accuracy: percentage and number of addresses geocoded at each accuracy level
Detailed statistics: for each accuracy level of input addresses, percentage and number of geocoded addresses at each accuracy level

System requirements:

Geocoder works on Microsoft Windows 2000, XP, 2003, and Vista
Recommended memory size : 1 GB.

Available digital map database and countries:

Geocoder works on Navteq and Tele Atlas databases (standard formats).
Covered territories: Europe, North America, Latin America, Asia-Pacific

Formats

Data entry format:
Excel, Geocoder, tabulated text > Fields used for geocoding: address, additional address, postal code, city, country
Output file format:
Excel, Geocoder, Unicode, tabulated text, html, CSV

Provided information:
latitude, longitude, corrected address, postal code and city from the digital map database, accuracy indicator, score, manual correction information

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GeoCoder

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