How has the Pointer database been created?
A. A complex address matching exercise has been undertaken between the address datasets held by Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland, the Valuation & Lands Agency and Royal Mail. The resulting data (both matched addresses and unmatched) is held in a relational database which has been developed in Oracle. The database has a highly developed front end to enable validators to input and change data as a result of the ground validation. It also enables a series of reports to be run to produce ongoing statistics on progress. The unmatched address data is currently being checked on the ground through a process of ground validation.
