The Hong Kong (HK) Postal Matcher compares your data with the HK database and returns address details and database matches.
The primary functions of the HK Postal Matcher are to:
- Collect a list of all possible streets/building names in a municipality that are possible matches for the 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
Note: If you are using the new HK Global Address Verification (GAV) tables delivered in June
2013, the following output attributes are no longer generated: hk_gout_delivery_office,
hk_gout_beat_number, hk_gout_matched_bldg_on_street, and hk_gout_postal_code_changed.
Instead, the hk_gout_city_name attribute will be used to write the postal district name
output.