2.Step by Step Task
 

 

The query is for “hardware store near me”. According to section 2.3.1 of the guidelines, if the query contains words like “near me” or “nearest,” the user’s location should be considered the explicit location intent. Therefore, the viewport is ignored.

To get an idea of other results in real life, copy the user coordinates into a map application like Google, click on the nearby button and search for hardware store.The icon o is the user coordinates. This result does satisfy the user intent but is further away and there are other results that are closer. The relevance is demoted by 1 for distance and given a rating of Good.Next is to verify the name, address and pin accuracy. Use a search engine and do a general search for Jack’s Paint and Hardware. Next, find the specific store you are looking for with the store locator.

The official website confirms the name + classification is correct. Jack’s Paint Store – Alberton would also be considered correct. The official website contains the sub-locality of New Redruth, while the result doesn’t contain the sub-locality. According to the CSG the mandatory components for businesses are Street and unit number, if applicable, street name, sub-locality, locality and postal code. Therefore, the sub-locality of New Redruth must be included in the result. A check on the postal code list available to download on the South African Post office website confirms the street postal code for New Redruth is 1449 (The website lists the postal code as 1450, this might be a box code and not a street code)

https://www.postoffice.co.za/Questions/postalcode.html

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Finally, when rating Pin Accuracy, we must complete two separate steps:

1.To determine where the perfect Pin should fall, we must do research outside of TryRating. Use different map applications and street imagery to identify where on a map our result is. Use landmarks for navigation, e.g.: The result is the sixth building from the corner, with the red roof and the trees in front.
2.Once we know where the result is, identify it on the map in TryRating and compare it with the Pin location in TryRating. The map layers in TryRating alone are used for the last step. If, for example, the Pin falls on the neighbouring property on TryRating, we should rate accordingly – it doesn’t matter where the same coordinates would land in any other map application.

This official GIS website shows the exact locality of the address https://goo.gl/SWcGi6. This type of map sources should be used first and will also cover areas Google doesn’t.

A street view image of the result coordinates determines that the pin in TryRating is landing on a different business, named Mack’s Paint & Hardware.

 

If we do a direction search on Google maps from this location to the result address, we can see that it is 600m away from where the pin is.

https://goo.gl/maps/EJVRC33p2c12

Therefore, the pin is at the wrong location. The correct coordinates are 26.270885, 28.122690.

Final Rating

Relevance: Good – distance

Name: Correct

Address: Incorrect – Sub locality

Pin: Wrong

Comment: The query is for hardware store near me; therefore the user location is location intent. This result is rated good because it satisfies the user intent but is a bit further from the user location than some other results. The sub- locality of New Redruth is missing from the result. The pin is wrong. The correct coordinates are 26.270885, 28.122690.

 

3.Transit Example
 

 

.The query is for Kraaifontein Train Station, the Result is Kuilsrivier Railway Station. Research shows there is only one Train station in Kraaifontein.

 

1.16.1. Transit Queries

The criteria described above should be applied to understand the transit queries. Additionally, if it is determined that a query has a clear navigational intent, all other results will be Bad (see [12th st Oakland bart] example below). If a result is promoted to Navigational, other results that could potentially satisfy the user intent should be demoted further for distance and prominence (see [BART daly city] and [stockport station] examples below). In general, the fewer the results that satisfy the user intent, the farther away the results can be and still be considered relevant. The more available results that can satisfy the user intent, the closer they need to be.

The suggested result is farther away from the queried station, if the station was

closer to the queried one, we could rate Good or Acceptable (following the [Stockport station] example in section 5.16.1). Since it is so far away, we rate Bad for Relevance.

 

Therefore, this isn’t the train station the user was looking for and further away from the queried station. The relevance is demoted to bad. Next step is to verify the accuracy of the name, address, and pin.

1.5Transit Names

Transit stations and other transit results (like airports and shipping ports), are often named after the locality or street where they are located and can include a transit indication such as “Station” or “Subway.” The transit indication in the result name/title is considered optional and can be missing and still be considered correct. The user query for [san jose station] can therefore return the name San Jose Diridon Station or simply San Jose to be Correct. The classification of the result will help you correctly interpret the result because classifications for transit POIs should be a reference to transit.

Keep in mind that some transit POIs located on street intersections may have a result title that is the name of the street intersection (e.g. “Lincoln Way & 19th Avenue”). This is also considered Correct.

If there are multiple transit systems operating out of the same station, any of the systems can be included in the name to be Correct. If transit stations are close to each other, but users have to walk outside to get from one building to another, consider the results for the two stations as two separate POIs.

Therefore, the name is rated correct.

The minimum address component required is the locality. The result address

lists a street as well. No official address can be found on the Metrorail website

http://www.metrorail.co.za/maps/CT_RailMap.pdf

 

According to the guidelines:

8.3.2.3. No Official Address

Full Address: When the result contains a full address it should be rated Can’t Verify if all of the following apply:

 

https://goo.gl/maps/LkixEsxsLXK2

Google maps show that there is access to the POI from Station Street, and therefore as per the guidelines the address is rated Can’t Verify.

Finally, when rating Pin Accuracy, we must complete two separate steps:

1.To determine where the perfect Pin should fall, we must do research outside of TryRating. Use different map applications and street imagery to identify where on a map our result is. Use landmarks for navigation, e.g.: The result is the sixth building from the corner, with the red roof and the trees in front.
2.Once we know where the result is, identify it on the map in TryRating and compare it with the Pin location in TryRating. The map layers in TryRating alone are used for the last step. If, for example, the Pin falls

 

on the neighbouring property on TryRating, we should rate accordingly – it doesn’t matter where the same coordinates would land in any other map application.

 

According to the guidelines:

1.6..3. “Transit POIs with a Single Rooftop

If the POI has a single rooftop, apply the single rooftop guidelines.

Explanation

Perfect -> Rooftop of transit station or stop

Grand Central Terminal

 

Final Rating

 Relevance: Bad user intent and distance

Name: Correct

Address: Can’t Verify

Pin: Perfect

Comments: This isn’t the train station the user was looking for and further

away from the queried station. The relevance is demoted to bad. The name lists the locality and the transit indication and therefore rated correct. The minimum requirement for the address is the locality, the result lists a street. According to the guidelines, if no official address can be found, rate the address as can’t verify if the street provides access to the POI. The pin lands on the rooftop of the POI and therefore rated perfect.

4.Name Accuracy Example / Incorrect Category

Name: Table Mountain Aerial Cableway

Category: Funicular

According to the Guidelines:

4.1.. Result Names

Your final Name and Category Accuracy rating will take into consideration both the accuracy of the Business/POl name and the category assigned to it.

First, consider the name.

As per section 6.2.1:

A business/POI result name is accurate when it is used on the POI’s official website or on other official resources. Even if the official website does not use the name, if it is used on the other official sources, the name is correct.

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.The official website confirms the name is correct.

4.2.Result CCategory

Once you have determined the correctness of a result’s name, you must evaluate thle accuracy of its category in order to determine the final Name and Category Accuracy rating. The categoryofan esult refers to the category of the Business/POI.

Not every result will include a category, but when one appears, you will find it below the address details

If the category is missing or listed as N/A, make your final Name and Category Accuracy rating based on the name alone.

4.2.1.Incorrect Category

When the category is wrong, the final Name and Category Accuracy rating is always Incorrect. This is true whether the result name is Correct, Partially Correct, or Incorrect.

Consider the category incorrect when it is:

Wrong
Misleading
Misspelled
Incomplete (missing parts or has uncommon/odd abbreviations)
In an unexpected language/script. The category must match the language/script of the query, test locale, or result region

The category listed is a funicular while the website shows this is an aerial cableway. Researching the difference between a funicular and aerial cableway shows:

What is the difference between a cable car and a funicular?

A funicular is a cable railway in which a cable attached to a pair of tram-like vehicles on rails moves them up and down a steep slope. A gondola lift, also called a cable car, is a type 1 of aerial lift which is supported and propelled by cables from above.

As per the GL’s when the category is wrong, the final name and category rating is always incorrect.

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5.Name Accuracy Example / Incorrect Name

Name: East London airport

Category: Airport

According to the Guidelines:

1.1.3.Incorrect Name

An incorrect result name is one that can’t be recognized because of severe misspelling or ambiguous or unnecessary/missing parts in the name.

Consider names incorrect when they contain issues including:

Severe misspellings that prevent the user from identifying the business because of:

Change in meaning
Misspelling that results in an entirely different word or gibberish
Holding names that are completely different than the recognized name
Unnecessary or missing parts in the name that prevent the user from recognizing the business
Slang and inappropriate language
Using the previous name of the same entity that is not a variation of the current name and therefore cannot be identified

Note: If a result name is incorrect, the final Name and Category Accuracy rating will always be Incorrect, even if the category is correct.

According to the official website, the new name is King Phalo Airport.

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The major new1 narres are:

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PortEElizabeth airport is now Chief Dawid Stuurman Interneitional Airport.
East Lc )ndon airport is now the King Phalo Airport.
Port Elizabeth itself is now Gqeberha.
Uitenhage is now Kariega.
King William’s Town is now Oonce.
Maclear is now Nqanqarhu.

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news News24

24 https://www.news24.com > news24 > bi-archive •

Two SA airports – and Port Elizabeth – just got official new

As per the GL’s, using the previous name of the same entity that is not a variation of the current name and therefore cannot be identified, rate Incorrect name. If a result name is incorrect, the final Name and Category Accuracy rating will always be incorrect, even if the category is correct.

 

.6. Name Accuracy Example / Misspelling

Name: Wooolworths

Category: Supermarket

According to the Guidelines:

1.1.2.Partially Correct Name

A partially correct name differs trom the official versions but can still be recognized by the user.

Partially correct names can include minor and moderate misspellings, service level mismatches, and missing or unnecessary name parts, including holding names/corporate structures. When the business name on the storefront does not include the corporate status (Ltd., Inc., etc.) seen in the result, it is partially correct.

1.1.2.1.Minor and Moderate Misspellings and Missing or Extra Words

Consider names partially correct when they contain issues that don’t prevent the user from identifying the business:

Name contains repeated, redundant, or missing information or parts
Incorrect or missing punctuation or special characters
Unnecessary or missing spaces
Unexpected use of lower/upper case and ALL CAPS letters
Acronyms are often expected in ALL CAPS: YMCA, TGIF
Minor and moderate misspellings that don’t influence the user’s understanding. See your Country-Specific guidelines for more information on misspellings.
Mix of expected languages in the result title. Expected languages are the languages of the query, test locale, or region, or of an official business name.
The name according to the official website is Woolworths

 

.There is a minor misspelling that doesn’t influence the user’s understanding.

The category is also correct. The final name rating should be partially correct.

7.Address Accuracy Example

Query: Coffee

User location: -33.91522386721427, 18.419359039447674

Viewport age: stale

Query locale: en_ZA

Viewport location: -33.91522386721427, 18.419359039447674

Result

Name: Seattle Coffee Co

Category: Coffee shop

Address: Greenmarket Square 4 Loop St, Cape Town City Centre, Cape Town, 8000

Pin: -33.91802627317714, 18.422642497713472

The address as per the official website is:

Research also shows this POI is not located at Greenmarket Square

 

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7.5. Other Issue

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Issues not mentioned in these guidelines are reported using the Incorrect – Other Issue checkuox. If you choose this option, be sure to leave a comment as well as links to the resources you used to identify the issue. The checkbox is also used for:

Duplicate auoress components
Name of POI reappears in the address details
Natural features that contain street address elements (see Natural Features)
P.O. Box addresses

Greenmarket square should not be included in the address. The address accuracy should be rated incorrect for other issue.

8.Address Accuracy Example

Query: restaurant

User location: -26.127211055209305, 27.905381672842804

Viewport age: fresh

Query locale: en_ZA

Viewport location: -26.127211055209305, 27.905381672842804

Result

Name: PARROTS CLEARWATER

Category: restaurant

Address: Christiaan de Wet & Millennium Boulevard Road, Strubensvalley,

Roodepoort, GP, 1724, South Africa

Pin: -26.127178793737688, 27.90450376058903

Address matches the official website.

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https://www.parrotsrestaurants.co.za/locations/

 

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However, the sub locality is misspelled. According to SA Post office (https://www.postoffice.co.za/Questions/postalcodes.txt), sub locality is Strubens Valley.

 

Address should be Incorrect if the listed address is misspelled even if it matched the official website.

3.5 Renaming of streets, towns and cities

South Africa has renamed a number of streets, towns and cities over the past few years.

e.g Vanguard Drive, Goodwood -> Jakes Gerwel Drive, Goodwood

Address results should return the updated name as they are government sanctioned and must be returned as such.

POIs may still claim the old street name on their websites. In those instances, both new and old street names will be considered correct as it is still officially claimed. However, sub-locality and locality have to be recognized by postal service to be valid.

Final address accuracy is incorrect for sub-locality

9.Can’t Verify or Incorrect Address

Some businesses claim corner addresses officially on their website. When both the official website and the result have the same corner address, correct address should be selected. If the official website has a corner address and the result has a street number, we need to verify if the number belongs to the business or POI and rate accordingly. If we are only returning one of the streets in the result Incorrect Address – Country Specific issue should be selected. If the result is a street + street number address and your only source is an official web address giving a corner address, you rate the result address Can’t Verify. This only applies if everything else in the address is accurate and it is only the street line (street number and name) that cannot be verified or determined to be incorrect. If the result address was missing the sub-locality, the correct rating would be ‘Incorrect’ with ‘Sub-locality’ selected. Only rate ‘Can’t Verify’ if all required components of the returned address are present and while some cannot be verified as incorrect (or correct), all others can be verified as correct.

 

 

As per GL 7.7. Can’t Verify:

Note: If an address contains missing or incorrect components, it can be confirmed as Incorrect. Mark the individual incorrect components. See your Country Specific guidelines for more information on missing or incorrect components.

9. Pin Accuracy Example

Query: Eastgate Business park

User location: -26.02984612031377, 28.099925543093615

Viewport age: fresh

Query locale: en_ZA

Viewport location: -26.02984612031377, 28.099925543093615

Result

Name: ROCO – First in Fittings

Category: Homeware

Address: 26 Eastgate Business Park

Cnr. South Road / Marlboro Drive Sandton

Pin: -26.089765517242327, 28.090142632432283

Pin Accuracy:

The exact location can be determined with street imagery

 

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The pin lands on a different building within the Eastgate Business Park

 

 

As per section 9.2 of the Guidelines

 

 

With evidence for rooftop and unit locations

With evidence for rooftop location only

Note: If there are any other buildings within the shared parking lot that are not connected to the Perfect location, they will also be rated Approximate.

When there is street imagery or other strong evidence for the location of the specific rooftop at the address where the unit is, but no evidence for the location of the unit under it, only the location of the entire rooftop can be confirmed. In cases like this, the entire rooftop will be Perfect. The shared parking lot will be Approximate.

Note: If there are any other buildings within th e shared parking lot that are not connected to the Perfect location, they will also be rated Approximate.

The final pin rating would be Approximate. As per the GL’s If there are any other buildings within the shared parking lot that are not connected to the perfect location, they will also be rated Approximate.

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1. Can’t Verify Search Task

The query is for a Tennis Club, the viewport is fresh and therefore considered the location intent. To get an idea of what other results are close to the viewport in real life, copy the viewport location coordinates and insert them in a map application like Google maps, click on the nearby icon and then search Tennis Club, this will give you an indication of other results not included in Try Rating.

 

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From this, there are multiple results close to the viewport. The result in Try Rating is Saul Howard Tennis Coach. This result is for a tennis coach and not a club, a coach would be more of a service and not really a place a user could navigate to. It is also further from the viewport and there are better suggestions in real life. Therefore, this result is rated bad for user intent and distance. Next is to determine the accuracy of the result’s name, address and pin. First do a general search of the result name Saul Howard Tennis Coach.

 

Most of the results from this search are spam directory sites, however there is a result for a claimed Facebook page by the name of Howard Saul Professional School of Tennis

https://www.facebook.com/HowardSaulProTennisCoach/

The last post on this page was in January 2017.

According to the guidelines:

8.1.1.Business/POI Address Research and Resources

Use official resources to confirm an address when a business or POI’s official website does not provide a full address or if there is a conflict with the address in the result. These resources can include:

Social media sites claimed by the business/POI and updated within the last 6 months
Street imagery (any recent online imagery showing streets and buildings)
Postal authorities (for postal codes and locality names)
Government property registries

If no official resources can be found, rate according to consensus from multiple reliable sources. Reliable resources include:

Articles in primary publications (newspapers or similar publications that do their own reporting)
Crowdsourced user review sites

Therefore, this page can’t be used as an official source as it was last updated more than a year ago. It also does not list a physical address. When a search of the result address and coordinates are done it points to a residential property. There is no signage or anything to confirm this is a business/service.

According to the guidelines:

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1.7.Can’t Verify

An address is rated Can’t Verify when it cannot be confirmed as Correct or Incorrect. This is usually the case when there is a lack of resources, or an unexpected address format is given on the official website.

Lack of resources:

No official webpage found
No official address listed
General lack of official resources
Lack of street imagery
Unexpected address formats used by official resources can include:
Intersection address (Main St and 2nd St)
Exit address (Exit 5, Hwy 101)
Descriptive address (Main St between 6th and 7th Streets)

Ask yourself: Is the location given by the result address at least not wrong given all information I have found?

Note: If an address contains missing or incorrect components, it can be confirmed as Incorrect. Mark the individual incorrect components. See your Country Specific guidelines for more information on missing or incorrect components.

 

Therefore, the name, address and pin are rated Can’t Verify

Final Rating:

Relevance: Bad user intent and distance

Name: can’t verify

Address: can’t verify

Pin: can’t verify

Comments: The query is for a tennis club and the result is for a tennis coach. A tennis coach is more of a service than a place a user would drive to and there are multiple results that are closer to the viewport in real life. Therefore, the relevance is rated bad for user intent and distance. Because of the lack of official resources, the name, address and pin are rated can’t verify.

2.Step by Step Task
 

 

The query is for “hardware store near me”. According to section 2.3.1 of the guidelines, if the query contains words like “near me” or “nearest,” the user’s location should be considered the explicit location intent. Therefore, the viewport is ignored.

To get an idea of other results in real life, copy the user coordinates into a map application like Google, click on the nearby button and search for hardware store.The icon o is the user coordinates. This result does satisfy the user intent but is further away and there are other results that are closer. The relevance is demoted by 1 for distance and given a rating of Good.Next is to verify the name, address and pin accuracy. Use a search engine and do a general search for Jack’s Paint and Hardware. Next, find the specific store you are looking for with the store locator.

The official website confirms the name + classification is correct. Jack’s Paint Store – Alberton would also be considered correct. The official website contains the sub-locality of New Redruth, while the result doesn’t contain the sub-locality. According to the CSG the mandatory components for businesses are Street and unit number, if applicable, street name, sub-locality, locality and postal code. Therefore, the sub-locality of New Redruth must be included in the result. A check on the postal code list available to download on the South African Post office website confirms the street postal code for New Redruth is 1449 (The website lists the postal code as 1450, this might be a box code and not a street code)

https://www.postoffice.co.za/Questions/postalcode.html

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Finally, when rating Pin Accuracy, we must complete two separate steps:

1.To determine where the perfect Pin should fall, we must do research outside of TryRating. Use different map applications and street imagery to identify where on a map our result is. Use landmarks for navigation, e.g.: The result is the sixth building from the corner, with the red roof and the trees in front.
2.Once we know where the result is, identify it on the map in TryRating and compare it with the Pin location in TryRating. The map layers in TryRating alone are used for the last step. If, for example, the Pin falls on the neighbouring property on TryRating, we should rate accordingly – it doesn’t matter where the same coordinates would land in any other map application.

This official GIS website shows the exact locality of the address https://goo.gl/SWcGi6. This type of map sources should be used first and will also cover areas Google doesn’t.

A street view image of the result coordinates determines that the pin in TryRating is landing on a different business, named Mack’s Paint & Hardware.

 

If we do a direction search on Google maps from this location to the result address, we can see that it is 600m away from where the pin is.

https://goo.gl/maps/EJVRC33p2c12

Therefore, the pin is at the wrong location. The correct coordinates are 26.270885, 28.122690.

Final Rating

Relevance: Good – distance

Name: Correct

Address: Incorrect – Sub locality

Pin: Wrong

Comment: The query is for hardware store near me; therefore the user location is location intent. This result is rated good because it satisfies the user intent but is a bit further from the user location than some other results. The sub- locality of New Redruth is missing from the result. The pin is wrong. The correct coordinates are 26.270885, 28.122690.

 

3.Transit Example
 

 

.The query is for Kraaifontein Train Station, the Result is Kuilsrivier Railway Station. Research shows there is only one Train station in Kraaifontein.

 

1.16.1. Transit Queries

The criteria described above should be applied to understand the transit queries. Additionally, if it is determined that a query has a clear navigational intent, all other results will be Bad (see [12th st Oakland bart] example below). If a result is promoted to Navigational, other results that could potentially satisfy the user intent should be demoted further for distance and prominence (see [BART daly city] and [stockport station] examples below). In general, the fewer the results that satisfy the user intent, the farther away the results can be and still be considered relevant. The more available results that can satisfy the user intent, the closer they need to be.

The suggested result is farther away from the queried station, if the station was

closer to the queried one, we could rate Good or Acceptable (following the [Stockport station] example in section 5.16.1). Since it is so far away, we rate Bad for Relevance.

 

Therefore, this isn’t the train station the user was looking for and further away from the queried station. The relevance is demoted to bad. Next step is to verify the accuracy of the name, address, and pin.

1.5Transit Names

Transit stations and other transit results (like airports and shipping ports), are often named after the locality or street where they are located and can include a transit indication such as “Station” or “Subway.” The transit indication in the result name/title is considered optional and can be missing and still be considered correct. The user query for [san jose station] can therefore return the name San Jose Diridon Station or simply San Jose to be Correct. The classification of the result will help you correctly interpret the result because classifications for transit POIs should be a reference to transit.

Keep in mind that some transit POIs located on street intersections may have a result title that is the name of the street intersection (e.g. “Lincoln Way & 19th Avenue”). This is also considered Correct.

If there are multiple transit systems operating out of the same station, any of the systems can be included in the name to be Correct. If transit stations are close to each other, but users have to walk outside to get from one building to another, consider the results for the two stations as two separate POIs.

Therefore, the name is rated correct.

The minimum address component required is the locality. The result address

lists a street as well. No official address can be found on the Metrorail website

http://www.metrorail.co.za/maps/CT_RailMap.pdf

 

According to the guidelines:

8.3.2.3. No Official Address

Full Address: When the result contains a full address it should be rated Can’t Verify if all of the following apply:

 

https://goo.gl/maps/LkixEsxsLXK2

Google maps show that there is access to the POI from Station Street, and therefore as per the guidelines the address is rated Can’t Verify.

Finally, when rating Pin Accuracy, we must complete two separate steps:

1.To determine where the perfect Pin should fall, we must do research outside of TryRating. Use different map applications and street imagery to identify where on a map our result is. Use landmarks for navigation, e.g.: The result is the sixth building from the corner, with the red roof and the trees in front.
2.Once we know where the result is, identify it on the map in TryRating and compare it with the Pin location in TryRating. The map layers in TryRating alone are used for the last step. If, for example, the Pin falls

 

on the neighbouring property on TryRating, we should rate accordingly – it doesn’t matter where the same coordinates would land in any other map application.

 

According to the guidelines:

1.6..3. “Transit POIs with a Single Rooftop

If the POI has a single rooftop, apply the single rooftop guidelines.

Explanation

Perfect -> Rooftop of transit station or stop

Grand Central Terminal

 

Final Rating

 Relevance: Bad user intent and distance

Name: Correct

Address: Can’t Verify

Pin: Perfect

Comments: This isn’t the train station the user was looking for and further

away from the queried station. The relevance is demoted to bad. The name lists the locality and the transit indication and therefore rated correct. The minimum requirement for the address is the locality, the result lists a street. According to the guidelines, if no official address can be found, rate the address as can’t verify if the street provides access to the POI. The pin lands on the rooftop of the POI and therefore rated perfect.

4.Name Accuracy Example / Incorrect Category

Name: Table Mountain Aerial Cableway

Category: Funicular

According to the Guidelines:

4.1.. Result Names

Your final Name and Category Accuracy rating will take into consideration both the accuracy of the Business/POl name and the category assigned to it.

First, consider the name.

As per section 6.2.1:

A business/POI result name is accurate when it is used on the POI’s official website or on other official resources. Even if the official website does not use the name, if it is used on the other official sources, the name is correct.

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.The official website confirms the name is correct.

4.2.Result CCategory

Once you have determined the correctness of a result’s name, you must evaluate thle accuracy of its category in order to determine the final Name and Category Accuracy rating. The categoryofan esult refers to the category of the Business/POI.

Not every result will include a category, but when one appears, you will find it below the address details

If the category is missing or listed as N/A, make your final Name and Category Accuracy rating based on the name alone.

4.2.1.Incorrect Category

When the category is wrong, the final Name and Category Accuracy rating is always Incorrect. This is true whether the result name is Correct, Partially Correct, or Incorrect.

Consider the category incorrect when it is:

Wrong
Misleading
Misspelled
Incomplete (missing parts or has uncommon/odd abbreviations)
In an unexpected language/script. The category must match the language/script of the query, test locale, or result region

The category listed is a funicular while the website shows this is an aerial cableway. Researching the difference between a funicular and aerial cableway shows:

What is the difference between a cable car and a funicular?

A funicular is a cable railway in which a cable attached to a pair of tram-like vehicles on rails moves them up and down a steep slope. A gondola lift, also called a cable car, is a type 1 of aerial lift which is supported and propelled by cables from above.

As per the GL’s when the category is wrong, the final name and category rating is always incorrect.

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5.Name Accuracy Example / Incorrect Name

Name: East London airport

Category: Airport

According to the Guidelines:

1.1.3.Incorrect Name

An incorrect result name is one that can’t be recognized because of severe misspelling or ambiguous or unnecessary/missing parts in the name.

Consider names incorrect when they contain issues including:

Severe misspellings that prevent the user from identifying the business because of:

Change in meaning
Misspelling that results in an entirely different word or gibberish
Holding names that are completely different than the recognized name
Unnecessary or missing parts in the name that prevent the user from recognizing the business
Slang and inappropriate language
Using the previous name of the same entity that is not a variation of the current name and therefore cannot be identified

Note: If a result name is incorrect, the final Name and Category Accuracy rating will always be Incorrect, even if the category is correct.

According to the official website, the new name is King Phalo Airport.

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The major new1 narres are:

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PortEElizabeth airport is now Chief Dawid Stuurman Interneitional Airport.
East Lc )ndon airport is now the King Phalo Airport.
Port Elizabeth itself is now Gqeberha.
Uitenhage is now Kariega.
King William’s Town is now Oonce.
Maclear is now Nqanqarhu.

23 Feb 2021

news News24

24 https://www.news24.com > news24 > bi-archive •

Two SA airports – and Port Elizabeth – just got official new

As per the GL’s, using the previous name of the same entity that is not a variation of the current name and therefore cannot be identified, rate Incorrect name. If a result name is incorrect, the final Name and Category Accuracy rating will always be incorrect, even if the category is correct.

 

.6. Name Accuracy Example / Misspelling

Name: Wooolworths

Category: Supermarket

According to the Guidelines:

1.1.2.Partially Correct Name

A partially correct name differs trom the official versions but can still be recognized by the user.

Partially correct names can include minor and moderate misspellings, service level mismatches, and missing or unnecessary name parts, including holding names/corporate structures. When the business name on the storefront does not include the corporate status (Ltd., Inc., etc.) seen in the result, it is partially correct.

1.1.2.1.Minor and Moderate Misspellings and Missing or Extra Words

Consider names partially correct when they contain issues that don’t prevent the user from identifying the business:

Name contains repeated, redundant, or missing information or parts
Incorrect or missing punctuation or special characters
Unnecessary or missing spaces
Unexpected use of lower/upper case and ALL CAPS letters
Acronyms are often expected in ALL CAPS: YMCA, TGIF
Minor and moderate misspellings that don’t influence the user’s understanding. See your Country-Specific guidelines for more information on misspellings.
Mix of expected languages in the result title. Expected languages are the languages of the query, test locale, or region, or of an official business name.
The name according to the official website is Woolworths

 

.There is a minor misspelling that doesn’t influence the user’s understanding.

The category is also correct. The final name rating should be partially correct.

7.Address Accuracy Example

Query: Coffee

User location: -33.91522386721427, 18.419359039447674

Viewport age: stale

Query locale: en_ZA

Viewport location: -33.91522386721427, 18.419359039447674

Result

Name: Seattle Coffee Co

Category: Coffee shop

Address: Greenmarket Square 4 Loop St, Cape Town City Centre, Cape Town, 8000

Pin: -33.91802627317714, 18.422642497713472

The address as per the official website is:

Research also shows this POI is not located at Greenmarket Square

 

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7.5. Other Issue

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Issues not mentioned in these guidelines are reported using the Incorrect – Other Issue checkuox. If you choose this option, be sure to leave a comment as well as links to the resources you used to identify the issue. The checkbox is also used for:

Duplicate auoress components
Name of POI reappears in the address details
Natural features that contain street address elements (see Natural Features)
P.O. Box addresses

Greenmarket square should not be included in the address. The address accuracy should be rated incorrect for other issue.

8.Address Accuracy Example

Query: restaurant

User location: -26.127211055209305, 27.905381672842804

Viewport age: fresh

Query locale: en_ZA

Viewport location: -26.127211055209305, 27.905381672842804

Result

Name: PARROTS CLEARWATER

Category: restaurant

Address: Christiaan de Wet & Millennium Boulevard Road, Strubensvalley,

Roodepoort, GP, 1724, South Africa

Pin: -26.127178793737688, 27.90450376058903

Address matches the official website.

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https://www.parrotsrestaurants.co.za/locations/

 

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However, the sub locality is misspelled. According to SA Post office (https://www.postoffice.co.za/Questions/postalcodes.txt), sub locality is Strubens Valley.

 

Address should be Incorrect if the listed address is misspelled even if it matched the official website.

3.5 Renaming of streets, towns and cities

South Africa has renamed a number of streets, towns and cities over the past few years.

e.g Vanguard Drive, Goodwood -> Jakes Gerwel Drive, Goodwood

Address results should return the updated name as they are government sanctioned and must be returned as such.

POIs may still claim the old street name on their websites. In those instances, both new and old street names will be considered correct as it is still officially claimed. However, sub-locality and locality have to be recognized by postal service to be valid.

Final address accuracy is incorrect for sub-locality

9.Can’t Verify or Incorrect Address

Some businesses claim corner addresses officially on their website. When both the official website and the result have the same corner address, correct address should be selected. If the official website has a corner address and the result has a street number, we need to verify if the number belongs to the business or POI and rate accordingly. If we are only returning one of the streets in the result Incorrect Address – Country Specific issue should be selected. If the result is a street + street number address and your only source is an official web address giving a corner address, you rate the result address Can’t Verify. This only applies if everything else in the address is accurate and it is only the street line (street number and name) that cannot be verified or determined to be incorrect. If the result address was missing the sub-locality, the correct rating would be ‘Incorrect’ with ‘Sub-locality’ selected. Only rate ‘Can’t Verify’ if all required components of the returned address are present and while some cannot be verified as incorrect (or correct), all others can be verified as correct.

 

 

As per GL 7.7. Can’t Verify:

Note: If an address contains missing or incorrect components, it can be confirmed as Incorrect. Mark the individual incorrect components. See your Country Specific guidelines for more information on missing or incorrect components.

9. Pin Accuracy Example

Query: Eastgate Business park

User location: -26.02984612031377, 28.099925543093615

Viewport age: fresh

Query locale: en_ZA

Viewport location: -26.02984612031377, 28.099925543093615

Result

Name: ROCO – First in Fittings

Category: Homeware

Address: 26 Eastgate Business Park

Cnr. South Road / Marlboro Drive Sandton

Pin: -26.089765517242327, 28.090142632432283

Pin Accuracy:

The exact location can be determined with street imagery

 

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The pin lands on a different building within the Eastgate Business Park

 

 

As per section 9.2 of the Guidelines

 

 

With evidence for rooftop and unit locations

With evidence for rooftop location only

Note: If there are any other buildings within the shared parking lot that are not connected to the Perfect location, they will also be rated Approximate.

When there is street imagery or other strong evidence for the location of the specific rooftop at the address where the unit is, but no evidence for the location of the unit under it, only the location of the entire rooftop can be confirmed. In cases like this, the entire rooftop will be Perfect. The shared parking lot will be Approximate.

Note: If there are any other buildings within th e shared parking lot that are not connected to the Perfect location, they will also be rated Approximate.

The final pin rating would be Approximate. As per the GL’s If there are any other buildings within the shared parking lot that are not connected to the perfect location, they will also be rated Approximate.

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