Address Locator
The Address Locator finds addresses on structured, unstructured, and semi-structured machine-printed US documents. The
individual elements of the address blocks are usually located close together and can span across a single horizontal line, or span
two to seven lines forming a vertical block. This locator finds these blocks on all pages of a document and returns them as a list
of alternatives. The alternatives include subfields for each individual piece of extracted information, such as the name, street,
or city.
The list of alternatives is sorted by confidence. If part of the address block is illegible, the confidence for that alternative is lower because of the missing data.
If multiple addresses are found on a document, it is up to the solution integrator to build in some functionality that can narrow the choice of addresses. For example, they can set up regions to limit the search area or apply a simple script.
The extraction type of an Address Locator is "group" which means that this locator has multiple subfields. When the locator is first created, a fixed set of subfields are created automatically. You cannot add new subfields , remove, or rename any of the existing subfields. You can create and assign simple fields for this locator immediately by clicking on individual field links or by clicking on the Create and Assign Fields button to create and assign all simple fields to this locator. You can configure the locator settings at any time without affecting the field assignments.
The Properties of Address Locator window has the following tabs.
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