FGDC

Term	Term Definition	Options	Unit of Measure
Address Number	The numeric identifier for a land parcel, house, building, or other location along a thoroughfare or within a community.	View	None
Address Number Prefix	The portion of the complete address number which precedes the Address Number itself.	View	None
Address Number Suffix	The portion of the complete address number which follows the Address Number itself. In some areas the street number may contain non-numeric characters. This field can also contain extensions and modifiers to the street number, such as "1/2" or "-B". This street number field should not include Prefixes, Direction or Suffixes.	View	None
Address Separator Element	A symbol, word, or phrase used as a separator between components of a complex element or class. The separator is required for intersection addresses and for two number address ranges, and it may be used in constructing a complete address name. Example separator elements are: "and", "at", "@", "&", "-", "/". Can also include prepositional phrases like in "Avenue of the Americas", the Address Separator Element = "of the".	View	None
Corner Of	A directional word describing a corner formed by the intersection of two thoroughfares. For example "Northwest corner of Scott Street and North Walnut Street, Stillwater, OK" has "Northwest" as the Corner Of. Refer to Cardinal Direction for constrained list.	View	None
Country Name	The name of the country in which the address is located.	View	None
Street Name	The portion of the complete street name that identifies the particular thoroughfare (as opposed to the Street Name Pre Modifier, Street Name Post Modifier, Street Name Pre Directional, Street Name Post Directional, Street Name Pre Type, Street Name Post Type, and Separator Element (if any) in the complete street name.)	View	None
Street Name Post Directional	The direction indicator that follows the street name. Refer to Cardinal Direction for constrained list.	View	None
Street Name Post Modifier	A word or phrase in a complete street name that follows and modifies the Street Name, but is separated from it by a Street Name Post Type or a Street Name Post Directional or both. For example, in "East End Avenue Extension" the Street Name Post Modifier is "Extension"	View	None
Street Name Post Type	The suffix portion of a street address.	View	None
Street Name Pre Directional	A word preceding the street name that indicates the directional taken by the thoroughfare. Refer to Cardinal Direction for constrained list. In the examples "North Lane" and "South Carolina Avenue" the directional words are part of the Street Name, not the Street Name Predirectional.	View	None
Street Name Pre Modifier	A word or phrase in a complete street name that precedes and modifies the Street Name, but is separated from it by a Street Name Pre Type or a Street Name Pre Directional or both; or is placed outside the Street Name so that the Street Name can be used in creating a sorted (alphabetical or alphanumeric) list of street names.	View	None
Street Name Pre Type	A word or phrase that precedes the Street Name and identifies a type of thoroughfare in a complete street name. Refer to Street Name Post Type for a complete list of pre types. For example, "Highway 101" has a Street Name Pre Type = "Highway" and a Street Name = "101". In addition, a pre type can include further details, such as "County Road 88" where the Street Name Pre Type = "County Road" and the Street Name = "88".	View	None
Subaddress Type	The type of subaddress to which the associated Subaddress Identifier applies.	View	None
Wing		View	None
ZIP Code	A system of 5-digit codes that identifies the individual Post Office or metropolitan area delivery station associated with an address.	View	None
ZIP Plus 4	A 4-digit extension of the 5-digit ZIP Code (preceded by a hyphen) that, in conjunction with the ZIP Code, identifies a specific range of USPS delivery addresses.	View	None