These matches are widely used for data they shouldn t even be considered for. For instance a user mapping clinic locations would not want these matches. If the user were mapping aggregated death data by county, this type of match could be sufficient. Street Segment is a portion of a street in a linear GIS spatial layer. Streets are often divided up into these segments to incorporate changing address ranges, zip codes or other attribute changes.
Centroids are points inside a polygon area, usually the center.
When an address cannot be matched sometimes it is useful to return a centroid location of a larger area like zip code or county. These are some examples of the address standardizing Centrus provides. These are some examples of the matching done between input addresses and ArcVIEW street segments. This data is in the form of street centerline files with address ranges, or parcel ownership points that contain the site address.