I am trying to use the TopScore to find if the address i was trying to locate is a perfect match or not,..

But i seem to get a score .95 for a good address and the same .95 for a slightly bad one. if i type in a slightly bad zipcode, mappoint seems to adjust to the nearest match and give me a .95 score, rather than a bad score,..

I need to find if the address is good or not,, and don;t want the nearest match,, how do i do this ? i am using the mappoint web service in a asp .Net application.

Thanks

Hello,

Do you have some examples that I can take a closer look at?



Steven Pushee

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Dim myAddress As New Address()
Dim findAddressSpec As New FindAddressSpecification()
Dim AddressResults As FindResults

findAddressSpec.InputAddress = myAddress
findAddressSpec.DataSourceName = "MapPoint.NA"

myAddress.AddressLine = Request.Form("Address")
myAddress.PrimaryCity = Request.Form("City")
myAddress.Subdivision = Request.Form("State")
myAddress.PostalCode = Request.Form("ZIP")
myAddress.CountryRegion = "US"

AddressResults = findService.FindAddress(findAddressSpec)

if (AddressResults.TopScore < 1 ) then
errorString = "BAD ADDRESS"
End if

//trying to use the
AddressResults.TopScore property to determine the score,.. but i get a 0.95 for a good address and 0.95 for a address which is failry close,.. mappoint just finds a close match (which sometimes is not what i want)

i do get a 0.5 score sometimes if i have a colorado zip of a newyork address or something that bad,. a slight mistake like zipcode is close or its the street name is mispelt slightly,.. i get a 0.95,..

the problem is i Never get a 1 for the topscore if the address is a perfect match..

let me know if u need more example/code to help me out here,..

- anu

Example addresses would probably be helpful.

Eric

Sample Address

10719 GREEN LAKE ST
SAN ANTONIO, TX 78212


- anu