What is Address Standardization?
Address standardization is the correction process that will fix poorly formatted or misspelled address information in a property search. First American CoreLogic makes considerable effort so that property location and owner mail addresses are as complete as possible. Special software processes add city, state, zip, zip plus 4 and carrier route sort to all address data even when it is not part of the public record. This is to ensure the greatest chance for a match between the criteria submitted for the search and the data in the database.
Address standardization is the process of converting an address into a standardize format. This is an essential part of maintaining a high quality address database. After an address is geocoded, the resulting address has an interesting effect. That is, the input address is converted into a consistent and standardize format.
The CES address standardization process validates house/apartment numbers and standardizes street prefixes, names, and suffixes. Invalid states and misspelled city names are corrected as well. Standardizing address information not only returns clean data for reporting purposes, but also increases the mailability of your database.
In a general sense, address standardization is the method of changing an address to match a standard form. More specifically, it is the addition of missing elements, such as ZIP Code, city or state, and even street information. It also encompasses the removal of bad or outdated information and the updating of an address to match shifts and changes in municipal and regulatory boundaries.
