Australia (AUS)

Custom Preferences

Australia supports the following custom preferences and output fields.


Preference	Description
CALCULATE_CENTERLINE_ PROJECTION_OF_POINT	Computes the closest point on the street from the parcel point. Default = disabled. Note: This feature requires that a point-level geocoding dataset is installed.
USE_CENTERLINE_OFFSET	When set to true, calculates the centerline offset for point addresses. Default = false. Supported only in forward geocoding. Note: The centerline feature requires that you have a point-level geocoding dataset installed. A centerline point match is indicated by a result code beginning with SC.
CENTERLINE_OFFSET	When USE_CENTERLINE_OFFSET is enabled, this specifies the distance to offset the point from centerline. Default = 0. Supported in forward geocoding only.
CENTERLINE_OFFSET_UNITS	When USE_CENTERLINE_OFFSET is enabled, this specifies the unit type for the centerline offset. Valid values = feet, meters. Default = meters. Supported only in forward geocoding.
KEY_STREET_FRONTAGE	When set to true, requests GNAF street frontage points. Default = false.
KEY_GNAF_ORIGINAL	When set to true, returns the GNAF original point coordinates. Default = false.
KEY_POSTAL_CODE_OVERRIDE	When set to true, a matching postal code will match even if the city/suburb does not match. Default = false.
KEY_RETURN_STREET_TYPE_ABBREVS	When set to true, returns the abbreviated street types instead of the Australia default of fully spelled-out type. Default = false.

Custom Output Fields


Output Field	Description
STREET_TYPE_ABB	The abbreviation for the street type, which is spelled out by default.
ORIGINAL_LATITUDE	The original GNAF latitude.
ORIGINAL_LONGITUDE	The original GNAF longitude.
UD_ORIGINAL_LATITUDE	The original latitude returned from a point-based user dictionary.
UD_ORIGINAL_LONGITUDE	The original longitude returned from a point-based user dictionary.
GNAF_PARCEL_ID	The GNAF parcel identifier.
GNAF_PID	The GNAF Persistent Identifier (GNAF PID) is a 14-character alphanumeric string that uniquely identifies each GNAF address. The PID is constructed from a combination of the major address fields of the GNAF Dictionary. An example of a GNAF PID is: GAACT718519668
GNAF_PRINCIPAL_PID	The Persistent Identifier of the principal address.
GEOCONTAINMENT	This specifies whether the returned coordinates are inside or outside the address boundary. Values are YES for coordinates within, or NO for coordinates outside the boundary.
GEOFEATURE	This field returns a geocode feature type if that was not provided in other GNAF fields. GEOFEATURE corresponds to Geocode Types (GEOCODE_TYPE_AUT Codes) that are described in the PSMA Data Product Description Version 2.7 (Aug. 2012).
GNAF_ADDRESS_CLASS	The GNAF address classification.
GNAF_SA1	The GNAF Statistical Area Level 1 (SA1) identifier.
LEVEL_NUMBER	The number of a floor or level in a multistory building. For example, Floor 2, 17 Jones Street The GNAF database includes level information for some Australian states. Level information may be associated with unit information, but not necessarily. If the GNAF database contains multiple records with the same level, the level information is returned only if the input address contains unique content (such as a unit number). If the GNAF dictionary has level information for an address, that information is returned with the matched candidate. The correct level information is returned (when available) even if the input address did not include level information, or if the input had the wrong level information. If the input address has level information but the GNAF database does not include level information for the matching address, then the input level information is discarded since it is not validated in the GNAF data.
LEVEL_TYPE	The label used for a floor of a multistory building. For example, "Level" or "Floor". In this example, the level type is "Level": Suite 3 Level 7, 17 Jones Street In this example, Suite 3 is a unit.
LOT_NUMBER	Lot numbers are returned for GNAF candidates because some rural addresses do not have adequate physical or house number information.
MESH_BLOCK_ID	A Meshblock is the smallest geographic unit for which statistical data is collected by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). Meshblocks usually contain a minimum of 20 to 50 households. This is about one fifth the size of a Collection District (CD). You can use the Meshblock ID to do additional attributions against your own data.