The table given below lists the Postal Matcher input and output attributes for the United States (US).
Attribute Name |
Length |
Description |
---|---|---|
us_gin_address_type |
1 |
Input address type. Values are: 1—street 2—rr/hc 3—pobox 4—error 5—Bad Street Pattern F—Foreign |
us_gin_bldg_firm_name |
40 |
Input name. |
us_gin_box_number |
10 |
PO box number on dual address records. |
us_gin_city_change_flag |
1 |
City change flag. |
us_gin_dual_addr_flag |
1 |
Dual address flag. Values are: G—general delivery P—po box R—rural route Blank |
us_gin_filler_01 |
28 |
Reserved for future use. |
us_gin_house_number |
10 |
Input house number. |
us_gin_postal_city_name |
30 |
Postal city name. |
us_gin_postal_city_number |
6 |
Postal city number. |
us_gin_postal_code |
9 |
Input postal code. |
us_gin_postal_code_original |
9 |
Original postal code. |
us_gin_postal_index_01- 06 |
6 |
Postal finance number. |
us_gin_route_number |
10 |
Rural route number. |
us_gin_secondary_number |
10 |
Input secondary number. |
us_gin_secondary_type |
4 |
Input secondary type. |
us_gin_state_change_flag |
1 |
State change flag. |
us_gin_state_name |
2 |
State abbreviation. |
us_gin_street_name |
40 |
Input street name. |
us_gin_street_post_direction |
2 |
Input post-direction. |
us_gin_street_pre_direction |
2 |
Input pre-direction. |
us_gin_street_suffix |
4 |
Input street suffix (type). |
us_gin_tertiary_number |
10 |
Tertiary number. |
us_gin_tertiary_type |
4 |
Tertiary type. |
us_gin_urban_city_name |
30 |
Urban city name. |
us_gout_alias_street_name |
40 |
Alias street name. |
us_gout_alias_street_post_direction |
2 |
Alias street post direction. |
us_gout_alias_street_pre_direction |
2 |
Alias street pre-direction. |
us_gout_alias_street_suffix |
4 |
Alias street suffix. |
us_gout_alias_type |
1 |
Alias type. Values are: C = Street Name Change A = Alias Street Name O = Optional Street Name |
us_gout_building_ind |
1 |
Current number of apartments. A < 5 B = 6 - 10 C = 11 - 25 D = 26 - 50 E = 51 - 100 F = 101 -200 G = 201 - 350 H > 350 |
us_gout_carrier_route |
4 |
Carrier route ID. Note: A return of a carrier route assignment of
“777” in the us_gout_carrier_route attribute
indicates the input address matched to a PBSA
delivery location in the US Postal zip4
table.
|
us_gout_city_area_name_changed |
1 |
This flag is set to Y if the city name changed from the input. |
us_gout_completion_code |
1 |
Return code.
|
us_gout_congressional_district |
2 |
This is a standard value identifying a geographic area within the US served by a member of the US House of Representatives or Senate. If there is only one member of Congress within a state, the code is "AL" to indicate "At Large." |
us_gout_county_number |
3 |
Numeric code to identify the county. |
us_gout_delivery_address |
50 |
Output delivery address. This is rebuilt from the best available matched or parsed address components. |
us_gout_delivery_address_abrev |
50 |
Delivery address abbreviation value, if one exists, otherwise the delivery address is stored. |
us_gout_delivery_address_2 |
50 |
Additional address information. |
us_gout_delivery_point |
2 |
Output delivery point. Note: The Delivery Point Barcode (DPBC) consists
of the us_gout_postal_code, the us_gout_
delivery_point, and the us_gout_delivery_point_cd
attributes.
|
us_gout_delivery_point_cd |
1 |
Output delivery point check digit. Note: The Delivery Point Barcode (DPBC) consists
of the us_gout_postal_code, the us_gout_
delivery_point, and the us_gout_delivery_point_cd
attributes.
|
us_gout_house_number |
10 |
Output house number. |
us_gout_lacs_status_ind |
1 |
LACS indicator from the Zip4 file. |
us_gout_match_level |
1 |
Numeric code to identify the level at which the address matched, or failed to match, the GAV tables. Values are: 0=exact match to table 1=city/province failure 2=street name failure 3=house number range failure 4=street component failure 5=multiple possible matches to table 6=match to GAV table but did not DPV confirm (CASS mode only). |
us_gout_postal_city_name |
30 |
Postal city name. |
us_gout_postal_city_name_abrev |
30 |
City name abbreviation value, if one exists, otherwise the city name is stored. |
us_gout_postal_city_name_preferred |
30 |
Preferred city name for the record's zip code. Note: Some zip codes are used for more than one
city. When there is more than one city for a zip
code, the U.S Postal Service designates one as the
preferred city; other cities are referred to as
alternate cities.
|
us_gout_postal_code |
9 |
Output postal code. Note: The Delivery Point Barcode (DPBC) consists
of the us_gout_postal_code, the us_gout_
delivery_point, and the us_gout_delivery_point_cd
attributes.
|
us_gout_postal_code_changed |
1 |
This flag is set to Y if the postal code changed from the input. |
us_gout_record_type |
2 |
Linked record type.
|
us_gout_secondary_number |
10 |
Secondary number. |
us_gout_secondary_type |
4 |
Secondary type. |
us_gout_state_name |
2 |
State abbreviation. |
us_gout_street_components_changed |
1 |
This flag is set to Y if the street components changed from the input. |
us_gout_street_name |
40 |
Street name. |
us_gout_street_name_changed |
1 |
This flag is set to Y if the street name changed from the input. |
us_gout_street_post_direction |
2 |
Street post direction. |
us_gout_street_pre_direction |
2 |
Street pre-direction. |
us_gout_street_suffix |
4 |
Street suffix. |
us_gout_tertiary_number |
10 |
Tertiary number. |
us_gout_tertiary_type |
4 |
Tertiary type. |
us_gout_urban_city_name |
30 |
Stores the urbanization name. |