More Search Options

MapInfo Stratus supports following search options:

Special characters: Any characters other than * and ? will be searched literally. This includes characters such as “\” “/” and brackets. If for example the address data has text enclosed in brackets, for example if all underground stations are indicated with brackets like this “Kentish Town Road Station (Underground)” and you wish to search all underground stations then you must include the brackets and search for “(underground)”.

Number Ranges: For number searches, you can search for either a single number or a number range using two numbers. If searching for two numbers you can separate them using a dash or space. Given below are the four sample searches:

“8-12 High Street”
“8 12 High Street”
“8 High Street”
“12 High Street”

In cases 1 and 2 the results will include addresses where both 8 and 12 are present in the address. Results that contain only an 8 or a 12 are not returned. In case 3 if you searched for a single number such as “8 High Street” you would see results returned that include 8 as a single number or as a number range. Hence 1, 2 and 3 returned.

Similarly, in case 4 a search for “12 High Street” would return results 1, 2 and 4. However, a search for "10 High Street" would not return results for "8-12 High Street". We make no assumption that the range 8-12 includes number 10. Only results that are for 10 High Street or which include 10 in a number range such as 10-12 High Street would be returned.

Apostrophes: If you have an address that has “’s” in the string like king’s, then you can use either kings or king’s to search and any results that have “kings” or “king’s” will be returned. You do not need include the apostrophe, but if you do, then the results will still be the same.

Quotes: If you are using quotes “” in your search, you might get unexpected results as MapInfo Stratus will explicitly search for terms that include the quotes in the address. We recommend not to use quotes.

UK Postcodes: For UK Postcodes you can search the inner or outer code or specify the full postcode. If specifying the full postcode you can enter it either using a space between the inner and outer code or enter the whole postcode without spaces. MapInfo Stratus will correctly search and find the matching postcodes.