Use this rating if the TryRating result is an address (the rating should not be applied to POI and Business results!) and there is strong evidence the address does not actually exist. If sufficient resources are not available to make an informed decision, mark it Can’t Verify instead.

How to check if an address exists:

First, check on the Eircode website if the result address exists. Checking possible by the address or by the postal code (if any) https://finder.eircode.ie/#/

However, if Eircode does not have the checked address exactly (the address not coming back as the same), research is done, and we can rate – “Incorrect – Address does not exist

Please remember to leave a comment that explains your logic, and how far you got in your research!

If the queried address is valid, but does not exist, Tryrating will do one of the following scenarios as a result. You can find the appropriate rating here also.

Response 1: TryRating will return the closest verified address. Rate relevance as Excellent and mark the address as Correct
Response 2: TryRating will return the same address specified in the query. Rate relevance as Excellent and address as Incorrect – Address does not exist. The pin will be rated Can’t Verify
Response 3: TryRating will return the street without a street number, which should be given a relevance rating of Acceptable and mark the address as Correct

Checkpoint: In some cases, you will find that an existing address can be found in a different locality. Always mark such cases as Incorrect – Address does not exist and not Incorrect – Locality.

Example 1

User Query: [14 el pinar, kilgobbin road]

User and Fresh Viewport over Ballyfermot

Result:

14 Kilgobbin Road Sandyford Dublin 18 Ireland

Relevance: Bad

Name Accuracy: N/A

Address Accuracy: Incorrect – Address does not exist.

Pin Accuracy: Can’t Verify

Relevance: This result is a non existent address, per MS GLs 10.3 the relevance is initially rated Excellent but is demoted to Bad for not meeting the intent of the query for another valid existing address than what is returned | Name: The result is an address, therefore according to section 6.1. Name Not Applicable (n/a), address type result do not have a name/title, the rating should be n/a. | Address: This address does not exist -[eircode.ie/anpost.ie]. Therefore, according to section 7.2. Address does not exist, the rating should be Incorrect – Address does not exist | Pin: Since the address does not exist we are unable to confirm the correct pin location, according to section 9.1.4. Can’t Verify (Smallest Identified Area), when the address does not exist we should rate the pin as Can’t Verify.

Example 2

User Query: [22 Gardiner Street Lower, Dublin 1, Ireland]

User and Fresh Viewport over Co. Wicklow

Result:

22 Gardiner Street Lower, Dublin 1, Ireland

Relevance: Excellent

Name Accuracy: N/A

Address Accuracy: Incorrect – Address does not exist.

Pin Accuracy: Can’t Verify

This result is a non existent address, per MS GLs 10.3 the relevance is rated excellent. The result is an address, therefore according to section 6.1. Name Not Applicable (n/a), address type result do not have a name/title, the rating should be n/a. This address does not exist -[eircode.ie/anpost.ie].

Therefore, according to section 7.2. Address does not exist, the rating should be Incorrect – Address does not exist. Since the address does not exist we are unable to confirm the correct pin location, according to section 9.1.4. Can’t Verify (Smallest Identified Area), when the address does not exist we should rate the pin as Can’t Verify.

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