Table 9.
Operational capabilities results
| Evaluation metric | Geocoder A | Geocoder B | Geocoder C | Geocoder D | Geocoder E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
User-defined reference data layers license fee (Y/N) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
|
Specialized address parsing rules (Y/N) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
|
Specialized matching algorithms (Y/N) |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Specialized feature selection hierarchies (Y/N) |
Yes |
Yes* |
Yes* |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Integration |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating system support (Y/N) |
Yes (Unix) |
No (Windows) |
No (Windows) |
Yes (Windows, Unix, Linux) |
Windows |
|
Native system and workflow integration (Y/N) |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
|
Batch mode (Y/N) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Interactive mode (Y/N) |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
|
Manual review (Y/N) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
|
Confidentiality maintained (Y/N) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Desktop version(Y/N) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
In-house server version (Y/N) |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
|
Online API version (Y/N) |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
|
Metadata |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Match rate (Y/N) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Match type (Y/N) |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Match score (Y/N) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Available (not by default) |
No |
|
Spatial confidence (Y/N) |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
|
Input address/matched address concordance (Y/N) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Capabilities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Automatic batch geocoding (Y/N) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Manual review (Y/N) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Alias tables (Y/N) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
|
Weighted centroids (Y/N) |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
| Nearby address matching (Y/N) | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes |
* Only if street centroids, suburb and postcode reference data are available.