StreetMap North America Locators 2008

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The StreetMap North America dataset provides several address locators
you can use right away for geocoding addresses in North America. When
you use ArcCatalog or ArcMap for geocoding, you can browse for the 
StreetMap North America address locators (*.loc files) found in this
folder. See below for a general description of each locator.


Street_Addresses_US.loc

	This is for geocoding in the United States when you have a
	street address or intersection address. The address input
	fields are:

		Street or Intersection

		City

		State

		Zip


Postal_US.loc

	This is for geocoding in the United States when you only have
	a zipcode. The address input field is:

		Zip


Composite_US.loc

	This is a composite locator for geocoding in the United
	States. The address is first passed through the 
	Street_Addresses_US.loc. If it does not find a match, then it
	is passed through the Postal_US.loc. The address input fields
	are:

		Address

		City

		State

		Zipcode


Street_Addresses_CAN.loc

	This is for geocoding in Canada when you have a	street address
	or intersection address. The address input fields are:

		Street or Intersection

		Municipo

		Province

		Postal


Postal_CAN.loc

	This is for geocoding in Canada when you only have a postal 
	code. The address input field is:

		Fsa

	Please note that when using this locator, addresses will be 
	matched to 3-digit FSA centroid locations.  If the input is a 
	6-digit postal code (FSALDU), only the first 3 digits will be 
	used for geocoding.


Composite_CAN.loc


	This is a composite locator for geocoding in Canada. The 
	address is first passed through the Street_Addresses_CAN.loc. 
	If it does not find a match, then it is passed through the 
	Postal_CAN.loc. The address input fields are:

		Address

		Municipality

		Province

		Postal


Composite_NA.loc


	This is a composite locator for geocoding in North America. 
	The address is first passed through the Composite_US.loc. If
	it does not find a match, then it is passed through the 
	Composite_CAN.loc. The address input fields are:

		Address

		City

		State

		Postal

		Country

	Please note that if there is no Country field input, the 
	address will not find a match using this locator. This locator 
	should only be used for geocoding files with both U.S. and 
	Canadian addresses. The files must also contain a field 
	storing country abbreviations or names (i.e. US, CAN, United 
	States, Canada).