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Table 7 Geocoding system metadata metrics

From: An evaluation framework for comparing geocoding systems

Metadata metric

Description

Spatial confidence values

Does the system output spatial confidence intervals with each geocoded location? Example – Returning a buffer around the location within which the true geocode is known to be located

Input address/Matched address concordance

Does the system return an indication of the similarity between the input address requested and the address of the geographic reference feature matched? Example – Providing a list of the input address attributes that matched or did not match the address attributes associated geographic reference feature used for interpolation