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 OCT / 2024Q4 Data Update contains Knowledge Base improvements for the following countries and territories:
Algeria
The parsing process for Algeria has been updated to correctly identify building number patterns like ‘3 Bis’ and street type patterns like ‘Route Nationale N3’.
Austria
The parsing process for Austria has been updated to correctly standardize ‘Landskron’ to the municipality of ‘Villach’ in the address validation table.
Bermuda
The parsing process for Bermuda has been updated to improve recognition of additional patterns of PO Box (‘P.O. Box HM01’), street type (‘Road no 6’), building type (‘Mall’, ‘Centre’) and sub-building (‘2nd Flr.’).
Greece (Latin)
The parsing process for Greece has been updated to correctly standardize ‘Elounda’ to ‘Elounta’, ‘Plati’ to ‘Platy’.
Guernsey
The parsing process for Guernsey has been updated to correctly format PO Box, sub-building and house number elements.
Japan (All tables)
The address validation tables for Japan (Kanji, Kana and Latin) now include PO Box information, separately from building, in their own PO Box field.
Jersey
The parsing process for Jersey has been updated to correctly format PO Box, sub-building and house number elements.
India
The parsing process for India has been updated to correctly standardize the city of ‘Kanchipuram’.
Isle of Man
The parsing process for Isle of Man has been updated to correctly format PO Box, sub-building and house number elements.
South Africa
The address validation table for South Africa now includes the correct primary version for ‘Bela-Bela’/‘Warmbaths’.
South Korea (Latin)
The address validation table for South Korea (Latin) now includes additional building type translations like ‘Station’, ‘Hotel’, ‘Studio’.
Spain
The parsing process for Spain has been updated to improve recognition of additional Basque street types (‘zumardia’, ‘parkea’, ‘kalexka’) and variants of ‘polígono industrial’.
United Kingdom
The parsing process for the United Kingdom has been updated to improve recognition of additional patterns of building type (‘Block 1’, ‘Units 6 & 7’), and sub-building (‘Basement & Flat A’, ‘Cabin 2’, ‘Suites 2 & 3’).
Additionally, the parsing lookup process has been updated to correctly recognize and preserve Welsh names for postal town (city), dependent locality (sub-city) and double dependent locality (i.e. ‘Caerffili’, ‘Yr as Fawr’, ‘Tre-groes’).