geocoding

Question

Is there a way to geocode PO Box addresses?

If so, what are the steps to create a geolocator to handle PO Box addresses?

Every so often I receive a spreadsheet of addresses to geocode and sometimes the spreadsheet contains PO Box addresses.

How can I handle this?

CodyPatterson · Accepted Answer

Hey @SLouq

The only way to really geocode the PO boxes is to get the address of the post office that houses the PO boxes, we have a custom script that runs when PO boxes are found, that uses the already found street addresses of the post offices, if the address is not found, then the PO box is placed into a manual review list that then requires us to then find the post office or contact the customer to find their address, usually this is done once per PO box as it buckets the rest of the potential mismatches into it. I've seen people use zipcodes, but it's not always reliable as it would place the point anywhere within instead on the location.

Cody