About Parsing Street Names

In some map formats, street names, types, and directions are saved in a single string (for example, 1st Ave NW).

In Trapeze4 map format, direction prefixes, street names, street types, and direction suffixes are saved as separate strings.

Before loading flexible format map data using MapMaker, Trapeze recommends that you parse street information into separate strings.

The following table shows sample parsed street name data:
Direction Prefix Name Type Direction Suffix
[N ] [MAIN] [ST] []
[ ] [1 ST] [AVE] [ NW]
[ ] [EGLINGTON] [RD] []
[] [KING] [ST] [W]

Alternatively, when you load flexible format data into the Trapeze4 map database, the system can parse street names into the four Trapeze4 map fields.