Match narrative code descriptions

Include match narrative is a locator property that controls whether detailed information about how geocoding results were produced is returned. When this property is enabled, the Match Narrative section of the Show Details pop-up displays additional information for the matched candidate.

Match Narrative results in the Show Details pop-up

The table below describes the possible values returned in the Code and Description fields for this section.

Narrative CodeNarrative DescriptionDescriptionExample

c

classified

The input word or part was recognized as an address value from the reference data, an alias, or an indicator of some kind.

m

matched

The input word or part was matched to an address value in the reference data.

i

inexact

The input word or part is spelled differently than what it matched to.

The input word Avanue matched to the reference data street type value Avenue.

p

partial

The input part matched to a portion of a value in the reference data.

The input part 110356 partially matched to the reference data postal code value 110350.

s

splitting

A match was made to a value in the reference data by splitting one word from the input into multiple words or by concatenating multiple words from the input into a single word.

The input word Mountainview matched to the street name value Mountain View in the reference data.

a

aliased

The input part matched to an alias of a reference data value.

The input word Boulevard matched as an alias of the reference data street type value Blvd.

r

repositioned

The input word was matched to a value in the reference data but in the wrong part of the overall address.

The input word North is positioned as a prefix directional in the input string North Main Street but matched to the reference data value Main Street North, which is a suffix directional.

d

different

The input part was recognized as a particular address component but matched to a different reference data value for that component.

The input word Street matched to the reference data street type value Road.

n

nearby

The input part was matched to a postal code or administrative zone that is adjacent to the postal or zone that the geocoded address is actually in.

The input value 92026 matched to the adjacent postal code 92027.

e

extrapolated

The input part was matched outside of the house number range for a StreetAddress record in the reference data.

The input value 280 matched to the house number range 200-240 in the reference data.