Trillium Geolocation uses the Knowledge Base to parse input addresses, identify address components, validate address components, perform address searching, correctly format output addresses, and assign geocodes (latitude / longitude coordinates), and other enhancements to addresses.
The Trillium Geolocation JAN24/ 2024Q1 Data Update contains Knowledge Base improvements for the following countries and territories:
Canada
The parsing process for Canada has been updated to correctly standardize English municipality versions of ‘Montreal East’, ‘Montreal North’ and ‘Montreal West’.
Ghana
The parsing process for Ghana has been updated to recognize the official postcode format (for example, ‘GA-123’ and ‘GA-123-4567’).
Kiribati
The parsing process for Kiribati has been updated to recognize the official postcode format (for example, ‘KI1234’).
Additionally, the address validation and geocode tables for Kiribati have been improved by the addition of postcode data.
Kosovo
The address validation tables for Kosovo have been improved by the addition of street and building number (premise) data, and generally improved coverage.
Madagascar
The parsing process for Madagascar has been updated to correctly standardize the historical city name ‘Diego Suarez’ to ‘Antsiranana’.
Malaysia
The parsing process for Malaysia has been updated to improve the recognition of numeric street name variations (for example, ‘persiaran 1A’, ‘jalan persiaran 4-6’).
Mauritius
The parsing process for Mauritius has been updated to correctly standardize English street types (‘Av’/’Avenue’, ‘Sq’, ‘Rd’/’Road’).
Additionally, the address validation tables for Mauritius have been improved by the addition of street data.
Morocco
The geocode (latitude/ longitude) tables for Morocco have been improved by the addition of address point data where available (house / property level coordinates specific to an address rather than derived by interpolation), and generally improved coverage.
Additionally, the address validation tables for Morocco have been improved by the addition of building name data.
Nauru
The parsing process for Nauru has been updated to recognize the official postcode format (for example, ‘NRU12’).
Additionally, the address validation and geocode tables for Nauru have been improved by the addition of postcode data.
Nepal
The parsing process for Nepal has been updated to correctly standardize new province name (‘Koshi’, ‘Koshi Pradesh’).
Paraguay
The parsing process for Paraguay has been updated to recognize the official postcode format (for example, ‘123456’).
Timor-Leste
The parsing process for Timor-Leste has been updated to recognize the official postcode format (for example, ‘TL12345’). The parsing output of PO Box patterns has been updated from French to English.
Saint Kitts and Nevis
The address validation and geocode tables for Saint Kitts and Nevis have been improved by the addition of postcode data.
Trinidad and Tobago
The parsing process for Trinidad and Tobago has been updated to correctly standardize region/municipality names (for example, ‘Arima, ‘Couva–Tabaquite–Talparo’).
Ukraine
The address validation tables for Ukraine have been improved by the addition of street and building number (premise) data, and generally improved coverage.
United Kingdom
The parsing process for the United Kingdom has been updated to improve the recognition of certain building and street names that contain Field (for example, ‘Field Close’, ‘Field Lane’).