post code truncated for street address

msuk1

Hi team,

when I use the suggest api, the post code is often truncated for the street address vs a point address, eg:

point address:
query: 10 downing street
responses:
- 10 Downing Street, Saint. James's, Westminster, London, England, SW1A 2AU, GBR
- 10 Downing Street, Saint. James's, Westminster, London, England, SW1A 2AB, GBR

street address:
query: downing street
responses:
- Downing Street, Saint. James's, Westminster, London, England, SW1A 2AA, GBR
- Downing Street, Saint. James's, Westminster, London, England, SW1A 2, GBR

There are 4 post codes, but only 3 are valid, I'm not sure why 'SW1A 2' is returned.
How can I fix this? The truncation occurs in many cases when I've tried searching for a street name.

Also it seems that the correct post code for 10 downing street is SW1A 2AA, but I guess that's a data quality issue which will hopefully eventually be solved.

Thanks.

BradNiemand

Street addresses in Great Britain can have multiple postal codes associated with them, and the first two to four characters of the postcode represent the outcode (or outward code) of a post code. The outcode contains the postcode area and the postcode district. The remaining characters in a postcode represent the incode (or inward code) of a post code.

When the input is a street name, Esri provides a truncated candidate with the characters common to all post codes on that street segment. Esri does this when there are multiple postal codes associated with a street segment. The truncated entry applies to all potential post codes used by that street segment.

We appreciate the feedback on the post code for the prime minister’s residence.

 

Brad