The Canadian (CA) Postal Matcher compares your address data with the Canada Postal (SERP) database and returns address details and database matches.
The primary functions of the CA Postal Matcher are to:
- Collect a list of all possible streets/building names in a municipality that are possible matches for the Canada Postal Matching data
- Compare address components of the data to the possible matches and grades those possible matches
- Evaluate the graded possibilities to determine the level of the match
- Populate the Postal Matching Output area with the result
The Postal Matchers use output from the parsing process as inputs. To obtain optimum performance, the input to the Postal Matchers must first be sorted in geographic order, using the Sort Utility.
Click any of the following topics to learn more about how to setup and run the Postal Matcher process.
- Schema Editor
- Input and Output Settings
- Options
- Editing Advanced Rules
- Running the Postal Matcher
- Postal Directory Browser