xLocate findAddressByText, emphasize Postcode - possible?
Posted: Thu Sep 07, 2017 3:15 pm
We are using xLocate on premise without x digit, making this call:
When put in google, "LANCASTER GATE, WELLINGBOROUGH ROAD, SYWELL, NN60BN" we get an accurate location on NN6 0BN, 52.3005,-0.78769
When run through xLocate we get the below answers…
The first result is what we select as it has the highest confidence value (91). However, the 2nd result is the correct result. The question is how do we get xLocate to put more emphasis on the post code, especially when we are geolocating UK addresses?
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
<soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<soap:Body>
<findAddressByText xmlns="http://types.xlocate.xserver.ptvag.com">
<String_1>LANCASTER GATE, WELLINGBOROUGH ROAD, SYWELL, NN60BN</String_1>
<String_2>GB</String_2>
<ArrayOfSearchOptionBase_3/>
<ArrayOfSortOption_4/>
<ArrayOfResultField_5/>
<CallerContext_6>
<wrappedProperties xmlns="http://baseservices.service.jabba.ptvag.com">
<CallerContextProperty key="CoordFormat" value="PTV_GEODECIMAL"/>
<CallerContextProperty key="Profile" value="alternative"/>
</wrappedProperties>
</CallerContext_6>
</findAddressByText>
</soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>When run through xLocate we get the below answers…
The first result is what we select as it has the highest confidence value (91). However, the 2nd result is the correct result. The question is how do we get xLocate to put more emphasis on the post code, especially when we are geolocating UK addresses?
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
<soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
<soap:Body>
<ns2:findAddressByTextResponse xmlns:ns0="http://xlocate.xserver.ptvag.com" xmlns:ns1="http://wrappertypes.service.jabba.ptvag.com" xmlns:ns2="http://types.xlocate.xserver.ptvag.com" xmlns:ns3="http://baseservices.service.jabba.ptvag.com" xmlns:ns4="http://common.xserver.ptvag.com" xmlns:ns6="http://exception.core.jabba.ptvag.com">
<ns2:result errorCode="0" errorDescription="">
<ns0:wrappedResultList>
<ns0:ResultAddress adminRegion="Lancaster" appendix="" city="Lancaster" city2="" classificationDescription="HIGH" country="GB" countryCapital="London" detailLevelDescription="STREET" houseNumber="" postCode="LA2 9" state="England" street="Postern Gate Road" totalScore="91">
<ns0:wrappedAdditionalFields/>
<ns0:coordinates>
<ns4:point x="-274365.0" y="5405245.0"/>
</ns0:coordinates>
</ns0:ResultAddress>
<ns0:ResultAddress adminRegion="Northampton" appendix="" city="Northampton" city2="Sywell" classificationDescription="HIGH" country="GB" countryCapital="London" detailLevelDescription="STREET" houseNumber="" postCode="NN6 0" state="England" street="Wellingborough Road" totalScore="90">
<ns0:wrappedAdditionalFields/>
<ns0:coordinates>
<ns4:point x="-79102.0" y="5230067.0"/>
</ns0:coordinates>
</ns0:ResultAddress>
<ns0:ResultAddress adminRegion="Wellingborough" appendix="" city="Wellingborough" city2="" classificationDescription="HIGH" country="GB" countryCapital="London" detailLevelDescription="STREET" houseNumber="" postCode="nn8 *" state="England" street="Sywell Road" totalScore="90">
<ns0:wrappedAdditionalFields/>
<ns0:coordinates>
<ns4:point x="-73561.0" y="5230951.0"/>
</ns0:coordinates>
</ns0:ResultAddress>
</ns0:wrappedResultList>
</ns2:result>
</ns2:findAddressByTextResponse>
</soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>