The country specific guidelines will teach you how to approach and rate issues related to polish market among all modes:
3.1. Examples of Expected/Minimum Address Requirement
Result Type | Search | AC |
POI Address | Novotel Warszawa Centrum, Marszałkowska 94/98, 00-510 Warszawa, Polska | Pałac Kultury i Nauki, Plac Defilad 1, Warszawa |
Transit POI | Gdańsk Główny, Gdańsk | Gdańsk Główny, Gdańsk |
Full Address | Kresowa 7, 58-305 Wałbrzych | Kresowa 7, Wałbrzych |
Street | Wawelska, Warszawa | Wawelska, Warszawa |
Locality | Kraków | Kraków |
Commune | Gmina Żukowice | Gmina Żukowice |
County | Powiat Chełmski | Powiat Chełmski |
Region | Dolnośląskie | Dolnośląskie |
Country | Polska | Polska |
Street numbers may have different formats: single, double or letter suffix.
Official Address | Rating and Explanation |
Dolna 7, 43-310 Bielsko-Biała | Single – Majority of buildings would have a single street number. |
Prądzyńskiego 12/14 01-222 Warszawa | Double – Some buildings may have a double street number, and would be indicated by “/ “or “– “. If any part of the street number is missing the rating should be: Incorrect-Street Number as it could lead to a different building. |
Kaliskiego 23B, 01-476 Warszawa | Letter suffix – The building numbers with letter suffix are considered as street numbers. If the letter is missing from the street number it would be a different street number, therefore the rating should be: Incorrect-Street Number. However, if the building number doesn’t exist without the letter suffix, then the rating should be: Incorrect-Address does not exist |
Currently, many streets have been renamed. The new name should be returned in the result address.
Result Address | Official Address | Rating and Explanation |
gen. Zygmunta Berlinga, Białystok, Polska | gen. Józefa Hallera, Białystok, Polska | Currently, many streets are being renamed. The current street name should be returned in the result address. If the old street name is returned, the rating should be: Incorrect-Street Name |
ul. Warszawska, 31-155 Kraków, Polska | Warszawska, 31-155 Kraków, Polska | Street type (ulica/ul) is not necessary in the address, if present should be rated normally. |
District is not part of the official postal address, as the post code indicate where the address is located.
Result Address | Official Address | Rating and Explanation |
Górczewska 218, 01-460 Bemowo, Polska | Górczewska 218, 01-460 Warszawa, Polska | The district Bemowo is returned as locality: Incorrect – Locality. |
Dolna 3, 00-773, Mokotów, Warszawa, Polska | Dolna 3, 00-773 Warszawa, Polska | The district Mokotów is returned as part of address: Correct with formatting issue. |
Small villages may not have designated street names. Therefore, those villages use the village name as the street name as well as locality.
Result Address | Official Address | Rating and Explanation |
Mnichowo 20, 62-200 Gniezno, Polska | Mnichowo 20, 62-200 Mnichowo, Polska | The commune Gniezno is returned for the street address the rating should be: Incorrect – Locality . |
Post code query: Several small villages/towns can have the same post code, any village/town returned would be correct.
Always make sure to check the post code against official postal services website for all Address type results, Business Results and POI’s.
Result Address | Official Address | Rating and Explanation |
58-100 | 58-100 Świdnica, Polska | If there is no locality listed with the post code, the rating should be: Incorrect-Locality. |
Sometimes, the word “koło” (near) is returned as an address component. Listing the actual locality with a bigger locality near by. This is not an official format.
Result Address | Official Address | Rating and Explanation |
Piaseczno koło Warszawy, Polska | Piaseczno, Polska | Once the two localities are listed the rating should be: Incorrect – Locality. |
Commune is not a part of the official postal address and should not be listed. However, it would be essential with small villages. Since there can be few villages with the same name within the country. If there is a locality with unique name, the commune is not needed.
Result Address | Official Address | Rating and Explanation |
Gmina Śrem, Śrem, Polska | Gmina Śrem, Polska | The locality Śrem is forced after the commune: Incorrect- Country Specific Issues. |
Łopuchowo, Polska | Łopuchowo, Krasnopol, Polska | It would be essential to indicate the commune after the locality, as there are many small villages/towns which have the same name and only the commune can help to differentiate them: Incorrect- Country Specific Issues. |
Lawendowa 30, 67-232 Żukowice, Polska | Lawendowa 30, 67-232 Brzeg Głogowski, Polska | In some cases, the street address will be returned with commune Żukowice instead of the locality Brzeg Głogowski: Incorrect- Locality. |
Bełchatów, Polska | Bełchatów, Polska | Once, the locality is within its commune and they have the same name, there is no need to duplicate the name as this is unique result: Correct |
The province is not part of the official address and should not be listed, but in a case the result returns the province this should be marked as formatting issue.
Result Address | Official Address | Rating and Explanation |
Kresowa 7, 58-305 Wałbrzych, woj.dolnośląskie, Polska | Kresowa 7, 58-305 Wałbrzych, Polska | The province is not an essential part of the address, sometimes it will be forced from the query: Correct with formatting issue. |
When a query is for a locality and there are multiple localities with this name throughout the country, the closest result to the fresh viewport or user location (in cases where viewport is stale or user is located within the fresh viewport) is eligible for a Navigational rating. The result can only receive a rating of Navigational if it is evident that this is the user’s intent due to proximity or prominence.
In general even if there are only a few available real world results, if none of the results are in close proximity to the fresh viewport or user location, the closest result is not eligible for a Navigational rating as the user intent is too ambiguous. Please use your best judgement when rating the relevance in these cases.
The query can have different format and still be Valid.
Query | Query Intent | Rating and Explanation |
Poniatowskiego 2 Szczecinek B-7, Woj.Zachodniopomorskie, 78400, POL | Poniatowskiego 2B 78-400 Szczecinek, Polska | The query is for Street No 2B, even if the letter extension is listed after the locality in the query. This should be rated as Valid. |
Ulica Witolda Pileckiego 12 15, Poznań, Woj.Wielkopolskie,60- 461,POL | Witolda Pileckiego 12, 60-461 Poznań, Polska | The query is for Street No 12. The first number should be taken into consideration as the Street Number as this is the address format: Street Name/Street Number/ Unit/Apt. This should be rated Valid. |
Harnasie 6-34, Lublin, Woj. Lubelskie, 20-857 | Harnasie 6, 20-857 Lublin, Polska | The query is for Street No 6. The unit/apt number should be disregarded as this is a Valid address with single rooftop. |
Always make sure to rate against the query address.
Query | Result | Rating and Explanation |
Poniatowskiego 2 Szczecinek B-7, Woj.Zachodniopomorskie, 78-400, POL | Poniatowskiego 2, 78-400 Szczecinek, Polska | The query is for Street No 2B, the result returned is Street No 2. This should be rated as Incorrect – Street Number as it doesn’t match the query criteria. |
Many transit stations and stops do not have an official address; therefore, they should be rated as per the Guidelines 8.3.2.3. No Official Address. Some official websites may list the street the stop is located, at as direction for the user. These streets shouldn’t be considered as an official address but just a direction for the user.
Places where U-Turn is not allowed:
o B-23 “No U-Turn”
o a single or double continuous line
o directional signal S-3 without turning arrows
o driving order straight, left or right (type C signs)