This is a list of attributes used in GEOGRAPHY lines of patterns:
Attribute |
Code |
Abbr |
Description |
---|---|---|---|
CITY |
150 |
–– |
City name. In practice, the CDP typically identifies cities by the understanding the surrounding data and not through extensive CITY entries. Not typically specified in countries with City directories.
Example (US): 25 Main Street Billerica, MA 01821 where "Billerica" is the CITY |
CITY-CHANGE |
158 |
CITY-CHG |
Corrected spelling of a city name.
Example (US): "Billlerica" should be spelled " Billerica" |
CONCATENEE |
179 |
CON |
Part of a geography phrase. (For example: the "Los" or "St." in a geography line.) |
COUNTRY |
153 |
CNTRY |
Name or abbreviation of the country. |
COUNTY |
154 |
–– |
Name or abbreviation of the county name. Typically specified only for counties that use county in their addressing.
Examples (GB): Middlesex, Oxfordshire |
GEOG |
168 |
–– |
Indicates that the context of this entry is geographic data. |
GEOG-CHANGE | 159 | GEOG-CHG |
Corrected mismatched province and city values, as well as spelling of a city name.
Examples (CA): ‘ON EDMONTON_’ ATT=GEOG-CHG, RECODE=’AB EDMONTON’ ‘ON EDMANTON_’ ATT=GEOG-CHG, RECODE=’AB EDMONTON’
This attribute can also be used in place of the CITY-CHG attribute. Example (CA): ‘AB EDMANTON_’ ATT=GEOG-CHG, RECODE=’AB EDMONTON’ |
POSTCODE |
156 |
PCODE |
The POSTAL CODE in the address. Typically defined as MASK entries.
Example (US): 123 Main St Billerica, MA 01821 where "01821" is the POSTCODE
Example (US): "01821" is entered as "nnnnn" Example (CA): "T8W2W4" is entered as "ananan" Example (GB): " CF11 7DR" is entered as "aann naa" |
PROVINCE |
152 |
PRV |
Province name or abbreviation, most frequently defined in Canada.
Examples (CA): ALBERTA, AB ONTARIO,ON MANITOBA,MB QUEBEC, QC |
STATE |
151 |
–– |
State name or abbreviation for a state.
Example (US): 123 Main St Billerica, MA 01821 where "MA" (Massachusetts) is the STATE
Examples (AU): NEW SOUTH WALES, NSW QUEENSLAND, QLD |