United States Thoroughfare, Landmark, and Postal Address Data Standard (Final Draft)

Characteristics:

1. Addresses of this class must include a Complete Address Number and

a Complete Street Name.

2. In addition, all thoroughfare, landmark, and postal addresses must

include a Place Name and a State Name. A Zip Code is recommended but

not mandatory.

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1. An address of this class must include two or more Complete Street

Names, each separated by a Separator Element.

2. In addition, all thoroughfare, landmark, and postal addresses must

include a Place Name and a State Name. A Zip Code is recommended but

not mandatory.

1. Addresses of this class must include two Complete Address Numbers

separated by a hyphen. The first Complete Address Number must be

less than or equal to the second.

2. The two Complete Address Numbers must be followed by a Complete

Street Name.

3. In addition, all thoroughfare, landmark, and postal addresses must

include a Place Name and a State Name. A Zip Code is recommended but

not mandatory.

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1. Addresses of this class must include four Complete Address Numbers,

representing respectively the left low, left high, right low, and

right high four Complete Address Numbers for the block or

transportation segment(s), followed by a Complete Street Name.

2. In addition, all thoroughfare, landmark, and postal addresses must

include a Place Name and a State Name. A Zip Code is recommended but

not mandatory.

3. The Four Number Address Range syntax follows the structure

established by the U.S. Census Bureau for TIGER/Line file street

segment address ranges (see

http://www.census.gov/geo/www/tiger/tgrshp2008/TGRSHP08.pdf ("All

Lines Shapefile" attribute table layout)).

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Characteristics:

1. Addresses of this class must contain a Complete Street Name with no

Complete Address Number preceding it.

2. In addition, all thoroughfare, landmark, and postal addresses must

include a Place Name and a State Name. A Zip Code is recommended but

not mandatory.

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1. Addresses of this class must include a Complete Landmark Name, with

no Complete Address Number preceding it and no Complete Street Name

following it.

2. In addition, all thoroughfare, landmark, and postal addresses must

include a Place Name and a State Name. A Zip Code is recommended but

not mandatory.

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1. Addresses of this class must include a Complete Address Number

followed by a Complete Landmark Name or a Complete Place Name, and

they must not include a Complete Street Name.

2. In addition, all thoroughfare, landmark, and postal addresses must

include a Place Name and a State Name. A Zip Code is recommended but

not mandatory.

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1. Addresses of this class must include a Usps Box in the required

format, and must not include a Usps Route.

2. In addition, all thoroughfare, landmark, and postal addresses must

include a Place Name and a State Name. A Zip Code is recommended but

not mandatory.

1. Addresses of this class must include a Usps Address in the

specified RR or HC or overseas military delivery format.

2. In addition, all thoroughfare, landmark, and postal addresses must

include a Place Name and a State Name. A Zip Code is recommended but

not mandatory.

1. Addresses of this class must include a USPSGeneral Delivery Point

in the specified format.

2. In addition, all thoroughfare, landmark, and postal addresses must

include a Place Name and a State Name. A Zip Code is recommended but

not mandatory.

In addresses of this class the Delivery Address must be unparsed

(except that in Types 2 and 3 the Complete Subaddress may be

separated from the rest of the Delivery Address) and may contain

thoroughfare, landmark, or postal syntaxes. This class may also

include addresses that do not conform to any of the thoroughfare,

landmark, or postal classes, including non-U.S. addresses.

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