Rejected Addresses

Here is a table of common address errors and how well they are handled in Geocoder 4.0, 4.1 and 4.2:

Given address	Expected result	Expected score	Actual result in Geocoder 4.0	What 4.0 can’t handle	Fixed in 4.1	Fixed in 4.2
964 Lillooet Rd North Vancouver, North Vancouver, BC	964 Lillooet Rd North Vancouver, BC	90+	964 Lillooet Rd North Vancouver, BC and score below 90	Duplicate locality name	yes
964 LIllooet Rd Road, North Vancouver, BC	964 Lillooet Rd, North Vancouver, BC	90+	964 Lillooet Rd, North Vancouver, BC with score below 90	Duplicate street type	yes
1413 Omenica Ave, Prince Rupert, BC	1413 Omineca Ave, Prince Rupert, BC	90+	Rupert, BC with score below 90	Multiple spelling mistakes	yes
500 helmcken rd, victoria, BC	Helmcken Alley, Victoria, BC	below 90	500 Helmcken St, Vancouver, BC	Locality hopping	yes
1985 Millstream Rd, Old Mill Stream Manor, Highlands, BC	1985 Millstream Rd, Highlands,BC	90+	Highlands, BC with score below 90	Unknown siteName	yes
102 A Ave, Surrey, BC	102A Ave, Surrey, BC	below 90	A Surrey Ave, Kamloops, BC with score below 90	Numbered streetName with detached suffix	yes
Unit910 7380 ELMBRIDGE WAY, RICHMOND, BC	Unit 910 – 7380 ELMBRIDGE WAY, RICHMOND, BC	90+	7380 Elmbridge Way, Richmond, BC	Unit number stuck to unit designator	yes
2248 McAllister Ave, Poco, BC	2248 McAllister Ave, Port Coquitlam, BC	90+	2248 McAllister Ave, Port Coquitlam, BC	Abbreviated localty name which leads to a false negative (score below 90)	yes
10381 POPKUM RD S, ROSEDALE, BC	10381 Popkum Rd S, Popkum, BC	90+	10381 Popkum Rd S, Popkum, BC with score below 90 or higher	Missing locality alias which leads to a false negative (score below 90)	yes
105 150 21ST ST BUZZER 49, WEST VANCOUVER, BC	UNIT 105 – 150 21st St, West Vancouver, BC	90+	UNIT 105 – 150 21st St, West Vancouver, BC with score below 90	Unexpected info (PO Box number) at front of address and between streetAddress and locality which leads to a false negative (score below 90)	yes
c/o PO BOX 201, Quesnel, BC	Quesnel, BC	below 90	BC	c/o with PO BOX	yes
c/o 442 Kinchant St, Quesnel, BC	442 Kinchant St, Quesnel, BC	90+	442 Kinchant St, Quesnel, BC with score below 90	c/o with civic address	yes
c/o Joe Fonebone 442 Kinchant St, Quesnel, BC	442 Kinchant St, Quesnel, BC	90+	BC	c/o with name and civic address	yes
964 Lillooet Rd St, Lillooet St, Rd, North Vancouver, Squamish, BC	964 Lilloet Rd, North Vancouver, BC	90+	?	Redundant, conflicting, address elements	yes
58550 Wild Rose Lane Hope BC	58550 Wildrose Lane, Laidlaw, BC	90+	Hope, BC with score below 90	Compound name entered as separate words	no	yes
3821 Cedarhill Rd, Saanich, BC	3821 Cedar hill Rd, Saanich, BC	90+	3821 Saanich Rd, Saanich, BC	Separate words entered as compound name	no	yes
200 21st Ave, prince george, BC	Prince George, BC	below 90	200 21st Ave N, Cranbrook, BC	Unknown street in locality	no	no
950 Hope Princeton Way, Hope, BC	950 Old Hope Princeton Way, Hope, BC	90+	950 Hope St, Port Moody, BC	Suffix matching	no	no

Here is a detailed explanation of address match scoring.