Geocoding multi-feature addresses

摘要

A system and method of parsing natural language descriptions of features to determine an approximate location. An embodiment includes splitting the natural language descriptions into components, geocoding each component, and returning the geocode with the highest confidence level. The geocode references a specific location, and this information may be determined by content from a variety of sources. The system may use an assortment of techniques for determining highest confidence level.

主权项

1. A method of geocoding a multi-feature address, comprising:
(a) receiving an address term comprising a region and a feature; (b) splitting the address term into the region and the feature, the feature including two or more components; (c) splitting the feature into two or more separate components, wherein each separate components includes at least one component, and each separate component is different from each other separate component, and for each separate component from the feature, determining a respective component geocode representing a location of a component and an associated component confidence score, the determining comprising:
(i) determining at least one geocode based on the region and the component, (ii) determining the respective component geocode representing the location of the component based on the at least one geocode determined in (i), and (iii) determining a component confidence score for the respective component geocode inversely related to a number of geocodes determined in (i) for the component; and (d) selecting an address geocode representing a location of the address term as the component geocode determined in (c)(ii) according to the corresponding component confidence score determined in (c)(iii), wherein steps (a)-(d) are each performed on at least one computing device.