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Maps & Name Accuracy

General Rules

Evaluation
Both Accuracy and Classi­fic­ation assigned to it

Ratings

n/a
For ALL address results, including reside­ntial, streets and localities
 
Correct
For Busine­sses, Corpor­ations
 
Can included modifiers (location, stylised logos and letters), it must be spelled correctly
 
Partially Correct
Can be recognised by the user but with minor and moderate misspe­llings, service level mismatches and missing or unnece­ssary name partes
Misspe­llings
Repeated, redundant or missing inform­ation or parts
 
Inccorrect or missing punctu­ation or special characters
 
Unnece­ssary or missing spaces
 
Unexpected use of lower, upper case and ALL CAPS (excepted accronyms)
 
Mix of expected languages
Servic­e-Level mismatch
Example: Delhaize instead of official name of Delhaize Supermarkt
Holding name/C­orp­orate structure
LLC, Inc. etc used in the result when the official business name doesn't have it
 
Incorrect Name
Severe misspe­llings that prevent the user from identi­fying the business (change in meaning, different word)
 
Holding names completely different than the recognised name
 
Missing or unnece­ssary parts of the name
 
Slang and inappr­opriate language
 
Using a previous name that's not a variation of the current name
 
Can't Verify
Look at Can't Verify section

Classi­fic­ation

General
Not every result will include a classi­fic­ation, if missing or n/a, don't demote
 
Correct
Correct name with correct classi­fic­ation
 
Some classi­fic­ations can be slightly too specific or general, as long as is not mislea­ding, it's correct
 
Classi­fic­ations can vary for similar POIs and per market
 
Incorrect
Wrong classi­fic­ation
 
Misleading
 
Misspelled
 
Incomplete (missing parts or uncomm­on/odd abbrev­iat­ions)
 
Unexpected language or script

Transit and Parking Names

Transit
Indication
Optional and can be missing and still Correct
Inters­ection name
Some transit POIs can have a result title that's the name of the inters­ection
Multiple transit system out of the same station
Any of the systems can be included in the name to be Correct
 
Parking
May or may not have a name
Generic names
Parking, Garage or lot are considered Correct when no official name can be found
Official name
If official name, generic names are Partially Correct
Specia­lised
If specia­lised but not reflected on the result's name, rate it Incorrect
Business name + parkin­g/g­ara­ge/lot
Is considered Correct, without the "­par­king, garage, lot" suffix it's Incorrect (if no official name can be found)
 

Summary

Name or Title Correc­tness
Classi­fic­ation Accuracy
Final Name Accuracy Rating
Correct
Correct or NA
Correct
Correct
Incorrect
Incorrect
Partially Correct
Correct or NA
Partially Correct
Partially Correct
Incorrect
Incorrect
Incorrect
Correct or NA
Incorrect
Incorrect
Incorrect
Incorrect
 

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