如何从文本和组件中解析自由形式的街道/邮政地址

时间:2012-06-22 16:19:48

标签: api parsing street-address

我们主要在美国开展业务,并试图通过将所有地址字段组合到单个文本区域来改善用户体验。但是有一些问题:

  • 用户输入的地址可能不正确或采用标准格式
  • 地址必须分为部分(街道,城市,州等)以处理信用卡付款
  • 用户可以输入的不仅仅是他们的地址(比如他们的名字或公司)
  • Google可以执行此操作,但服务条款和查询限制令人望而却步,尤其是在预算紧张的情况下

显然,这是一个常见的问题:

有没有办法将地址与周围的文本隔离并将其分解成碎片?是否有正则表达式来解析地址?

10 个答案:

答案 0 :(得分:248)

当我在地址验证公司工作时,我经常看到这个问题。我在这里发布了答案,以便让正在搜索相同问题的程序员更容易访问。我在处理数十亿个地址的公司,我们在这个过程中学到了很多东西。

首先,我们需要了解一些关于地址的事情。

地址不是regular

这意味着正则表达式已经出局。我已经看到了这一切,从简单的正则表达式,以非常特定的格式匹配地址,到这个:

  

/ \ S +(\ d {2,5} \ S +)([A | P]?!米\ b)中(([A-ZA-Z | \ S +] {1,5}){1, ?2})([\ S | \,|。] +)(([A-ZA-Z | \ S +] {1,30}){1,4})(法院|克拉|街道| ST |驱动|博士|车道| LN |道路| RD | BLVD)([\ S | \,| | \;] +)(([A-ZA-Z | \ S +] {1,30}){1 ,2})([\ S | \,|。] +)\ b(AK?| AL | AR | AZ | CA | CO | CT | DC | DE | FL | GA | GU | HI | IA | ID | IL | IN | KS |肯塔基州| LA | MA | MD | ME | MI | MN | MO | MS | MT |数控| ND | NE | NH |新泽西州| NM | NV |纽约州| OH | OK |和| PA | RI | SC | SD | TN | TX | UT | VA | VI | VT | WA | WI | WV | WY)([\ S | \,|。] +)(\ S + \ d {5})(? [\ S | \,|。] +)/ I

...到this,其中900+行级文件动态生成超大规模正则表达式以匹配更多。我不推荐这些(例如,here's a fiddle of the above regex, that makes plenty of mistakes)。没有一个简单的神奇公式可以让它发挥作用。在理论上和 by 理论中,不可能将地址与正则表达式匹配。

USPS Publication 28记录了可能的多种地址格式及其所有关键字和变量。最糟糕的是,地址通常含糊不清。单词可能意味着不止一件事(" St"可以"圣"或"街")并且有些单词我很确定他们发明了。 (谁知道" Stravenue"是街道后缀?)

您需要一些真正了解地址的代码,如果该代码确实存在,那么它就属于商业秘密。但是,如果你真的喜欢它,你可以自己动手。

地址有意想不到的形状和大小

以下是一些人为的(但是完整的)地址:

1)  102 main street
    Anytown, state

2)  400n 600e #2, 52173

3)  p.o. #104 60203

即使这些也可能有效:

4)  829 LKSDFJlkjsdflkjsdljf Bkpw 12345

5)  205 1105 14 90210

显然,这些都不是标准化的。标点符号和换行符无法保证。这是发生了什么:

  1. 数字1 已完成,因为它包含街道地址以及城市和州。有了这些信息,就足以识别地址,并且可以将其视为可交付的信息。 (有一些标准化)。

  2. 2号已完成,因为它还包含街道地址(带有次要/单元号码)和5位邮政编码,足以识别地址。

  3. Number 3 是一个完整的邮政信箱格式,因为它包含邮政编码。

  4. Number 4 也完整,因为the ZIP code is unique,意味着私人实体或公司购买了该地址空间。独特的邮政编码适用于大批量或集中的交付空间。发往邮政编码12345的任何内容都发送给位于纽约斯克内克塔迪的通用电气公司。这个例子特别不能与任何人联系,但USPS仍然可以提供它。

  5. 5号也完整了,信不信由你。只有这些数字,可以在针对所有可能地址的数据库进行解析时发现完整地址。当您将每个数字视为一个组件时,填写缺少的方向,辅助指示符和ZIP + 4代码是微不足道的。这就是它的样子,完全扩展和标准化:

  6.   

    205 N 1105 W Apt 14

         

    Beverly Hills CA 90210-5221

    地址数据不是您自己的

    在向许可供应商提供官方地址数据的大多数国家/地区,地址数据本身属于管理机构。在美国,USPS拥有地址。加拿大邮政,皇家邮政和其他国家也是如此,尽管每个国家执行或定义所有权的方式略有不同。知道这一点很重要,因为它通常禁止对地址数据库进行逆向工程。您必须小心如何获取,存储和使用数据。

    谷歌地图是快速修复地址的常见方法,但TOS相当令人望而却步;例如,您无法在不显示Google地图的情况下使用其数据或API,并且仅用于非商业目的(除非您付费),并且您无法存储数据(临时缓存除外)。说得通。谷歌的数据是世界上最好的数据之一。但是,Google地图验证地址。如果地址不存在,它仍然会显示 所在地 的地址(在您自己的街道上尝试;使用您知道的门牌号码)不存在)。这有时很有用,但请注意这一点。

    Nominatim的usage policy同样受到限制,特别是对于大批量和商业用途,数据主要来自免费资源,所以它没有得到很好的维护(这就是性质)开放项目) - 但是,这可能仍然适合您的需求。它得到了一个伟大的社区的支持。

    USPS本身有一个API,但是it goes down a lot并没有任何保证也没有支持。它也可能很难使用。有些人在没有问题的情况下谨慎使用它。但很容易错过USPS要求您仅使用其API来确认通过它们发送的地址。

    人们期望地址很难

    不幸的是,我们已经限制了我们的社会期望地址变得复杂。关于这一点,互联网上有数十篇优秀的用户体验文章,但事实是,如果你有一个具有单独字段的地址表单,那就是用户期望的内容,即使它更难以获得优势 - 案例地址不符合表单所期望的格式,或者表单可能需要一个不应该的字段。或者用户不知道在哪里放置他们地址的某个部分。

    我现在可以继续谈论结帐表单的不良用户体验,但我只是说将地址合并到一个字段中将是 welcome 更改 - 人们可以输入他们认为合适的地址,而不是试图找出你冗长的形式。但是,此更改将是意外,用户可能会在最初发现它有点不和谐。请注意这一点。

    通过将国家/地区放在地址前面,可以缓解部分痛苦。当他们首先填写国家/地区字段时,您知道如何使表单显示。也许您有一个很好的方法来处理单字段美国地址,因此如果他们选择美国,您可以将表单缩减为单个字段,否则显示组件字段。只是要考虑的事情!

    现在我们知道为什么它很难;你能做些什么呢?

    USPS通过名为CASS™认证的流程向供应商授权,以向客户提供经过验证的地址。这些供应商可以访问每月更新的USPS数据库。他们的软件必须符合严格的标准才能获得认证,而且他们通常不需要同意上述限制条款。

    有许多中国社会科学院认证的公司可以处理清单或拥有API:Melissa Data,Experian QAS和SmartyStreets等等。

    (由于"广告"我已经在此时截断了我的答案。您可以找到适合您的解决方案。)

    真相:真的,伙计们,我不会在这些公司中任何一家工作。它不是广告。

答案 1 :(得分:12)

libpostal:一个开源库,用于解析地址,使用OpenStreetMap,OpenAddresses和OpenCage中的数据进行培训。

https://github.com/openvenues/libpostalmore info about it

其他工具/服务:

答案 2 :(得分:11)

有许多街道地址解析器。它们有两种基本风格 - 具有地名和街道名称数据库,以及没有地名和数据库的数据库。

正则表达式街道地址解析器可以毫不费力地获得高达95%的成功率。然后你开始遇到不寻常的情况。 CPAN中的Perl,“Geo :: StreetAddress :: US”,就是那么好。这里有Python和Javascript端口,都是开源的。我在Python中有一个改进的版本,它通过处理更多的案例略微提高了成功率。但是,要获得最后3%的权利,您需要数据库来帮助消除歧义。

具有3位邮政编码和美国州名称和缩写的数据库是一个很大的帮助。当解析器看到一致的邮政编码和状态名称时,它可以开始锁定格式。这对美国和英国非常有效。

正确的街道地址解析从结束开始并向后工作。这就是USPS系统如何做到这一点。地址最不模糊,国家名称,城市名称和邮政编码相对容易识别。街道名称通常可以被隔离。街道上的位置是解析最复杂的地方;在那里你会遇到诸如“五楼”和“Staples Pavillion”之类的东西。那时数据库是一个很大的帮助。

答案 3 :(得分:8)

更新:Geocode.xyz现在可以在全球范围内使用。有关示例,请参阅https://geocode.xyz

对于美国,墨西哥和加拿大,请参阅geocoder.ca

例如:

  

输入:something going on near the intersection of main and arthur kill rd new york

     

输出:

     
<geodata>
  <latt>40.5123510000</latt>
  <longt>-74.2500500000</longt>
  <AreaCode>347,718</AreaCode>
  <TimeZone>America/New_York</TimeZone>
  <standard>
    <street1>main</street1>
    <street2>arthur kill</street2>
    <stnumber/>
    <staddress/>
    <city>STATEN ISLAND</city>
    <prov>NY</prov>
    <postal>11385</postal>
    <confidence>0.9</confidence>
  </standard>
</geodata>

您也可以在Web界面中检查结果或以Json或Jsonp的形式输出结果。例如。 I'm looking for restaurants around 123 Main Street, New York

答案 4 :(得分:2)

没有代码?羞耻!

这是一个简单的JavaScript地址解析器。对于Matt在上面的论文中提出的每一个原因(我几乎100%同意,地址是复杂的类型,人类犯错误;更好地外包和自动化 - 当你能负担得起)时,这非常可怕

但我没有哭,而是决定尝试:

此代码适用于解析findAddressCandidate的大多数Esri结果以及其他一些返回单行地址的(反向)地理编码器,其中街道/城市/州用逗号分隔。如果需要或可以编写特定于国家/地区的解析器,则可以扩展。或者只是将其用作案例研究,了解这项练习的挑战性或者我在JavaScript方面的糟糕程度。我承认我只花了大约30分钟(未来的迭代可以添加缓存,zip验证,状态查找以及用户位置上下文),但它适用于我的用例:最终用户看到将地理编码搜索响应解析为4的表单文本框。如果地址解析出错(除非源数据很差,这很少见),这没什么大不了的 - 用户可以验证并修复它! (但是对于自动化解决方案,可以丢弃/忽略或标记为错误,因此dev可以支持新格式或修复源数据。)

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/* 
address assumptions:
- US addresses only (probably want separate parser for different countries)
- No country code expected.
- if last token is a number it is probably a postal code
-- 5 digit number means more likely
- if last token is a hyphenated string it might be a postal code
-- if both sides are numeric, and in form #####-#### it is more likely
- if city is supplied, state will also be supplied (city names not unique)
- zip/postal code may be omitted even if has city & state
- state may be two-char code or may be full state name.
- commas: 
-- last comma is usually city/state separator
-- second-to-last comma is possibly street/city separator
-- other commas are building-specific stuff that I don't care about right now.
- token count:
-- because units, street names, and city names may contain spaces token count highly variable.
-- simplest address has at least two tokens: 714 OAK
-- common simple address has at least four tokens: 714 S OAK ST
-- common full (mailing) address has at least 5-7:
--- 714 OAK, RUMTOWN, VA 59201
--- 714 S OAK ST, RUMTOWN, VA 59201
-- complex address may have a dozen or more:
--- MAGICICIAN SUPPLY, LLC, UNIT 213A, MAGIC TOWN MALL, 13 MAGIC CIRCLE DRIVE, LAND OF MAGIC, MA 73122-3412
*/

var rawtext = $("textarea").val();
var rawlist = rawtext.split("\n");

function ParseAddressEsri(singleLineaddressString) {
  var address = {
    street: "",
    city: "",
    state: "",
    postalCode: ""
  };

  // tokenize by space (retain commas in tokens)
  var tokens = singleLineaddressString.split(/[\s]+/);
  var tokenCount = tokens.length;
  var lastToken = tokens.pop();
  if (
    // if numeric assume postal code (ignore length, for now)
    !isNaN(lastToken) ||
    // if hyphenated assume long zip code, ignore whether numeric, for now
    lastToken.split("-").length - 1 === 1) {
    address.postalCode = lastToken;
    lastToken = tokens.pop();
  }

  if (lastToken && isNaN(lastToken)) {
    if (address.postalCode.length && lastToken.length === 2) {
      // assume state/province code ONLY if had postal code
      // otherwise it could be a simple address like "714 S OAK ST"
      // where "ST" for "street" looks like two-letter state code
      // possibly this could be resolved with registry of known state codes, but meh. (and may collide anyway)
      address.state = lastToken;
      lastToken = tokens.pop();
    }
    if (address.state.length === 0) {
      // check for special case: might have State name instead of State Code.
      var stateNameParts = [lastToken.endsWith(",") ? lastToken.substring(0, lastToken.length - 1) : lastToken];

      // check remaining tokens from right-to-left for the first comma
      while (2 + 2 != 5) {
        lastToken = tokens.pop();
        if (!lastToken) break;
        else if (lastToken.endsWith(",")) {
          // found separator, ignore stuff on left side
          tokens.push(lastToken); // put it back
          break;
        } else {
          stateNameParts.unshift(lastToken);
        }
      }
      address.state = stateNameParts.join(' ');
      lastToken = tokens.pop();
    }
  }

  if (lastToken) {
    // here is where it gets trickier:
    if (address.state.length) {
      // if there is a state, then assume there is also a city and street.
      // PROBLEM: city may be multiple words (spaces)
      // but we can pretty safely assume next-from-last token is at least PART of the city name
      // most cities are single-name. It would be very helpful if we knew more context, like
      // the name of the city user is in. But ignore that for now.
      // ideally would have zip code service or lookup to give city name for the zip code.
      var cityNameParts = [lastToken.endsWith(",") ? lastToken.substring(0, lastToken.length - 1) : lastToken];

      // assumption / RULE: street and city must have comma delimiter
      // addresses that do not follow this rule will be wrong only if city has space
      // but don't care because Esri formats put comma before City
      var streetNameParts = [];

      // check remaining tokens from right-to-left for the first comma
      while (2 + 2 != 5) {
        lastToken = tokens.pop();
        if (!lastToken) break;
        else if (lastToken.endsWith(",")) {
          // found end of street address (may include building, etc. - don't care right now)
          // add token back to end, but remove trailing comma (it did its job)
          tokens.push(lastToken.endsWith(",") ? lastToken.substring(0, lastToken.length - 1) : lastToken);
          streetNameParts = tokens;
          break;
        } else {
          cityNameParts.unshift(lastToken);
        }
      }
      address.city = cityNameParts.join(' ');
      address.street = streetNameParts.join(' ');
    } else {
      // if there is NO state, then assume there is NO city also, just street! (easy)
      // reasoning: city names are not very original (Portland, OR and Portland, ME) so if user wants city they need to store state also (but if you are only ever in Portlan, OR, you don't care about city/state)
      // put last token back in list, then rejoin on space
      tokens.push(lastToken);
      address.street = tokens.join(' ');
    }
  }
  // when parsing right-to-left hard to know if street only vs street + city/state
  // hack fix for now is to shift stuff around.
  // assumption/requirement: will always have at least street part; you will never just get "city, state"  
  // could possibly tweak this with options or more intelligent parsing&sniffing
  if (!address.city && address.state) {
    address.city = address.state;
    address.state = '';
  }
  if (!address.street) {
    address.street = address.city;
    address.city = '';
  }

  return address;
}

// get list of objects with discrete address properties
var addresses = rawlist
  .filter(function(o) {
    return o.length > 0
  })
  .map(ParseAddressEsri);
$("#output").text(JSON.stringify(addresses));
console.log(addresses);
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<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<textarea>
27488 Stanford Ave, Bowden, North Dakota
380 New York St, Redlands, CA 92373
13212 E SPRAGUE AVE, FAIR VALLEY, MD 99201
1005 N Gravenstein Highway, Sebastopol CA 95472
A. P. Croll &amp; Son 2299 Lewes-Georgetown Hwy, Georgetown, DE 19947
11522 Shawnee Road, Greenwood, DE 19950
144 Kings Highway, S.W. Dover, DE 19901
Intergrated Const. Services 2 Penns Way Suite 405, New Castle, DE 19720
Humes Realty 33 Bridle Ridge Court, Lewes, DE 19958
Nichols Excavation 2742 Pulaski Hwy, Newark, DE 19711
2284 Bryn Zion Road, Smyrna, DE 19904
VEI Dover Crossroads, LLC 1500 Serpentine Road, Suite 100 Baltimore MD 21
580 North Dupont Highway, Dover, DE 19901
P.O. Box 778, Dover, DE 19903
714 S OAK ST
714 S OAK ST, RUM TOWN, VA, 99201
3142 E SPRAGUE AVE, WHISKEY VALLEY, WA 99281
27488 Stanford Ave, Bowden, North Dakota
380 New York St, Redlands, CA 92373
</textarea>
<div id="output">
</div>
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答案 5 :(得分:1)

如果您想依赖OSM数据,libpostal功能非常强大,可以处理许多最常见的地址输入警告。

答案 6 :(得分:1)

对于美国地址解析,

我更喜欢使用pip中仅可用于usaddress的usaddress软件包

python3 -m pip install usaddress

Documentation
PyPi

这对我来说适合美国地址。

#!/usr/bin/env python3
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

# address_parser.py
import sys
from usaddress import tag
from json import dumps, loads

if __name__ == '__main__':
    tag_mapping = {
        'Recipient': 'recipient',
        'AddressNumber': 'addressStreet',
        'AddressNumberPrefix': 'addressStreet',
        'AddressNumberSuffix': 'addressStreet',
        'StreetName': 'addressStreet',
        'StreetNamePreDirectional': 'addressStreet',
        'StreetNamePreModifier': 'addressStreet',
        'StreetNamePreType': 'addressStreet',
        'StreetNamePostDirectional': 'addressStreet',
        'StreetNamePostModifier': 'addressStreet',
        'StreetNamePostType': 'addressStreet',
        'CornerOf': 'addressStreet',
        'IntersectionSeparator': 'addressStreet',
        'LandmarkName': 'addressStreet',
        'USPSBoxGroupID': 'addressStreet',
        'USPSBoxGroupType': 'addressStreet',
        'USPSBoxID': 'addressStreet',
        'USPSBoxType': 'addressStreet',
        'BuildingName': 'addressStreet',
        'OccupancyType': 'addressStreet',
        'OccupancyIdentifier': 'addressStreet',
        'SubaddressIdentifier': 'addressStreet',
        'SubaddressType': 'addressStreet',
        'PlaceName': 'addressCity',
        'StateName': 'addressState',
        'ZipCode': 'addressPostalCode',
    }
    try:
        address, _ = tag(' '.join(sys.argv[1:]), tag_mapping=tag_mapping)
    except:
        with open('failed_address.txt', 'a') as fp:
            fp.write(sys.argv[1] + '\n')
        print(dumps({}))
    else:
        print(dumps(dict(address)))

运行address_parser.py

 python3 address_parser.py 9757 East Arcadia Ave. Saugus MA 01906
 {"addressStreet": "9757 East Arcadia Ave.", "addressCity": "Saugus", "addressState": "MA", "addressPostalCode": "01906"}

答案 7 :(得分:0)

在我们的一个项目中,我们使用了以下地址解析器。它以高精度解析了世界上大多数国家的地址。

http://address-parser.net/

它可以作为独立库或作为实时API使用。

答案 8 :(得分:0)

美国地址的另一个选择是YAddress(由我工作的公司制造)。

对此问题的许多答案都建议使用地理编码工具作为解决方案。重要的是不要混淆地址解析和地址编码。它们不一样。虽然地理编码器可能会将地址分解为组件,这是附带的好处,但它们通常依赖于非标准地址集。这意味着,由地址解析器解析的地址可能与官方地址不同。例如,Google地理编码API在曼哈顿将其称为“第六大道”,而USPS将其称为“美洲大道”。

答案 9 :(得分:0)

我参加聚会很晚,这是几年前我为澳大利亚编写的Excel VBA脚本。可以轻松对其进行修改以支持其他国家。我在这里建立了C#代码的GitHub存储库。我已经将其托管在我的网站上,您可以在这里下载:http://jeremythompson.net/rocks/ParseAddress.xlsm

策略

对于任何邮政编码为数字或可以与RegEx匹配的国家/地区,我的策略都非常有效:

  1. 首先,我们检测被认为是第一行的名字和姓氏。通过取消选中复选框(如下所示,称为“名称为第一行”),可以轻松跳过名称并从地址开始。

  2. 接下来,可以安全地期望由街道和数字组成的地址位于郊区,而St,Pde,Ave,Av,Rd,Cres,环路等是分隔符。

  3. 检测郊区与国家甚至国家之间的关系可能会欺骗最复杂的解析器,因为可能会发生冲突。为了克服这个问题,我使用了PostCode查找,它基于以下事实:剥离了街道和公寓/单元号以及PoBox,Ph, Fax ,Mobile等后,仅会保留PostCode号。这很容易与regEx匹配,然后查找郊区和国家/地区。

  

您的国家邮政局(National Post Office Service)将免费提供带有郊区和州的邮政编码列表,您可以将其存储在excel工作表,db表,text / json / xml文件等中。

  1. 最后,由于某些邮政编码具有多个郊区,因此我们检查地址中出现了哪个郊区。

示例

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VBA代码

免责声明,我知道这段代码并不完美,甚至编写得还不错,但是它很容易转换为任何编程语言并可以在任何类型的应用程序中运行。根据您所在的国家和法规,此策略的答案是正确的,请采用此代码例如:

Option Explicit

Private Const TopRow As Integer = 0

Public Sub ParseAddress()
Dim strArr() As String
Dim sigRow() As String
Dim i As Integer
Dim j As Integer
Dim k As Integer
Dim Stat As String
Dim SpaceInName As Integer
Dim Temp As String
Dim PhExt As String

On Error Resume Next

Temp = ActiveSheet.Range("Address")

'Split info into array
strArr = Split(Temp, vbLf)

'Trim the array
For i = 0 To UBound(strArr)
strArr(i) = VBA.Trim(strArr(i))
Next i

'Remove empty items/rows    
ReDim sigRow(LBound(strArr) To UBound(strArr))
For i = LBound(strArr) To UBound(strArr)
    If Trim(strArr(i)) <> "" Then
        sigRow(j) = strArr(i)
        j = j + 1
    End If
Next i
ReDim Preserve sigRow(LBound(strArr) To j)

'Find the name (MUST BE ON THE FIRST ROW UNLESS CHECKBOX UNTICKED)
i = TopRow
If ActiveSheet.Shapes("chkFirst").ControlFormat.Value = 1 Then

SpaceInName = InStr(1, sigRow(i), " ", vbTextCompare) - 1

If ActiveSheet.Shapes("chkConfirm").ControlFormat.Value = 0 Then
ActiveSheet.Range("FirstName") = VBA.Left(sigRow(i), SpaceInName)
Else
 If MsgBox("First Name: " & VBA.Mid$(sigRow(i), 1, SpaceInName), vbQuestion + vbYesNo, "Confirm Details") = vbYes Then ActiveSheet.Range("FirstName") = VBA.Left(sigRow(i), SpaceInName)
End If

If ActiveSheet.Shapes("chkConfirm").ControlFormat.Value = 0 Then
ActiveSheet.Range("Surname") = VBA.Mid(sigRow(i), SpaceInName + 2)
Else
  If MsgBox("Surame: " & VBA.Mid(sigRow(i), SpaceInName + 2), vbQuestion + vbYesNo, "Confirm Details") = vbYes Then ActiveSheet.Range("Surname") = VBA.Mid(sigRow(i), SpaceInName + 2)
End If
sigRow(i) = ""
End If

'Find the Street by looking for a "St, Pde, Ave, Av, Rd, Cres, loop, etc"
For i = 1 To UBound(sigRow)
If Len(sigRow(i)) > 0 Then
    For j = 0 To 8
    If InStr(1, VBA.UCase(sigRow(i)), Street(j), vbTextCompare) > 0 Then

    'Find the position of the street in order to get the suburb
    SpaceInName = InStr(1, VBA.UCase(sigRow(i)), Street(j), vbTextCompare) + Len(Street(j)) - 1

    'If its a po box then add 5 chars
    If VBA.Right(Street(j), 3) = "BOX" Then SpaceInName = SpaceInName + 5

    If ActiveSheet.Shapes("chkConfirm").ControlFormat.Value = 0 Then
    ActiveSheet.Range("Street") = VBA.Mid(sigRow(i), 1, SpaceInName)
    Else
      If MsgBox("Street Address: " & VBA.Mid(sigRow(i), 1, SpaceInName), vbQuestion + vbYesNo, "Confirm Details") = vbYes Then ActiveSheet.Range("Street") = VBA.Mid(sigRow(i), 1, SpaceInName)
    End If
    'Trim the Street, Number leaving the Suburb if its exists on the same line
    sigRow(i) = VBA.Mid(sigRow(i), SpaceInName) + 2
    sigRow(i) = Replace(sigRow(i), VBA.Mid(sigRow(i), 1, SpaceInName), "")

    GoTo PastAddress:
    End If
    Next j
End If
Next i
PastAddress:

'Mobile
For i = 1 To UBound(sigRow)
If Len(sigRow(i)) > 0 Then
    For j = 0 To 3
    Temp = Mb(j)
        If VBA.Left(VBA.UCase(sigRow(i)), Len(Temp)) = Temp Then
        If ActiveSheet.Shapes("chkConfirm").ControlFormat.Value = 0 Then
        ActiveSheet.Range("Mobile") = VBA.Mid(sigRow(i), Len(Temp) + 2)
        Else
          If MsgBox("Mobile: " & VBA.Mid(sigRow(i), Len(Temp) + 2), vbQuestion + vbYesNo, "Confirm Details") = vbYes Then ActiveSheet.Range("Mobile") = VBA.Mid(sigRow(i), Len(Temp) + 2)
        End If
    sigRow(i) = ""
    GoTo PastMobile:
    End If
    Next j
End If
Next i
PastMobile:

'Phone
For i = 1 To UBound(sigRow)
If Len(sigRow(i)) > 0 Then
    For j = 0 To 1
    Temp = Ph(j)
        If VBA.Left(VBA.UCase(sigRow(i)), Len(Temp)) = Temp Then

            'TODO: Detect the intl or national extension here.. or if we can from the postcode.
            If ActiveSheet.Shapes("chkConfirm").ControlFormat.Value = 0 Then
            ActiveSheet.Range("Phone") = VBA.Mid(sigRow(i), Len(Temp) + 3)
            Else
              If MsgBox("Phone: " & VBA.Mid(sigRow(i), Len(Temp) + 3), vbQuestion + vbYesNo, "Confirm Details") = vbYes Then ActiveSheet.Range("Phone") = VBA.Mid(sigRow(i), Len(Temp) + 3)
            End If

        sigRow(i) = ""
        GoTo PastPhone:
        End If
    Next j
End If
Next i
PastPhone:


'Email
For i = 1 To UBound(sigRow)
    If Len(sigRow(i)) > 0 Then
        'replace with regEx search
        If InStr(1, sigRow(i), "@", vbTextCompare) And InStr(1, VBA.UCase(sigRow(i)), ".CO", vbTextCompare) Then
        Dim email As String
        email = sigRow(i)
        email = Replace(VBA.UCase(email), "EMAIL:", "")
        email = Replace(VBA.UCase(email), "E-MAIL:", "")
        email = Replace(VBA.UCase(email), "E:", "")
        email = Replace(VBA.UCase(Trim(email)), "E ", "")
        email = VBA.LCase(email)

            If ActiveSheet.Shapes("chkConfirm").ControlFormat.Value = 0 Then
            ActiveSheet.Range("Email") = email
            Else
              If MsgBox("Email: " & email, vbQuestion + vbYesNo, "Confirm Details") = vbYes Then ActiveSheet.Range("Email") = email
            End If
        sigRow(i) = ""
        Exit For
        End If
    End If
Next i

'Now the only remaining items will be the postcode, suburb, country
'there shouldn't be any numbers (eg. from PoBox,Ph,Fax,Mobile) except for the Post Code

'Join the string and filter out the Post Code
Temp = Join(sigRow, vbCrLf)
Temp = Trim(Temp)

For i = 1 To Len(Temp)

Dim postCode As String
postCode = VBA.Mid(Temp, i, 4)

'In Australia PostCodes are 4 digits
If VBA.Mid(Temp, i, 1) <> " " And IsNumeric(postCode) Then

    If ActiveSheet.Shapes("chkConfirm").ControlFormat.Value = 0 Then
    ActiveSheet.Range("PostCode") = postCode
    Else
      If MsgBox("Post Code: " & postCode, vbQuestion + vbYesNo, "Confirm Details") = vbYes Then ActiveSheet.Range("PostCode") = postCode
    End If

    'Lookup the Suburb and State based on the PostCode, the PostCode sheet has the lookup
    Dim mySuburbArray As Range
    Set mySuburbArray = Sheets("PostCodes").Range("A2:B16670")

    Dim suburbs As String
    For j = 1 To mySuburbArray.Columns(1).Cells.Count
    If mySuburbArray.Cells(j, 1) = postCode Then
        'Check if the suburb is listed in the address
        If InStr(1, UCase(Temp), mySuburbArray.Cells(j, 2), vbTextCompare) > 0 Then

        'Set the Suburb and State
        ActiveSheet.Range("Suburb") = mySuburbArray.Cells(j, 2)
        Stat = mySuburbArray.Cells(j, 3)
        ActiveSheet.Range("State") = Stat

        'Knowing the State - for Australia we can get the telephone Ext
        PhExt = PhExtension(VBA.UCase(Stat))
        ActiveSheet.Range("PhExt") = PhExt

        'remove the phone extension from the number
        Dim prePhone As String
        prePhone = ActiveSheet.Range("Phone")
        prePhone = Replace(prePhone, PhExt & " ", "")
        prePhone = Replace(prePhone, "(" & PhExt & ") ", "")
        prePhone = Replace(prePhone, "(" & PhExt & ")", "")
        ActiveSheet.Range("Phone") = prePhone
        Exit For
        End If
    End If
    Next j
Exit For
End If
Next i

End Sub


Private Function PhExtension(ByVal State As String) As String
Select Case State
Case Is = "NSW"
PhExtension = "02"
Case Is = "QLD"
PhExtension = "07"
Case Is = "VIC"
PhExtension = "03"
Case Is = "NT"
PhExtension = "04"
Case Is = "WA"
PhExtension = "05"
Case Is = "SA"
PhExtension = "07"
Case Is = "TAS"
PhExtension = "06"
End Select
End Function

Private Function Ph(ByVal Num As Integer) As String
Select Case Num
Case Is = 0
Ph = "PH"
Case Is = 1
Ph = "PHONE"
'Case Is = 2
'Ph = "P"
End Select
End Function

Private Function Mb(ByVal Num As Integer) As String
Select Case Num
Case Is = 0
Mb = "MB"
Case Is = 1
Mb = "MOB"
Case Is = 2
Mb = "CELL"
Case Is = 3
Mb = "MOBILE"
'Case Is = 4
'Mb = "M"
End Select
End Function

Private Function Fax(ByVal Num As Integer) As String
Select Case Num
Case Is = 0
Fax = "FAX"
Case Is = 1
Fax = "FACSIMILE"
'Case Is = 2
'Fax = "F"
End Select
End Function

Private Function State(ByVal Num As Integer) As String
Select Case Num
Case Is = 0
State = "NSW"
Case Is = 1
State = "QLD"
Case Is = 2
State = "VIC"
Case Is = 3
State = "NT"
Case Is = 4
State = "WA"
Case Is = 5
State = "SA"
Case Is = 6
State = "TAS"
End Select
End Function

Private Function Street(ByVal Num As Integer) As String
Select Case Num
Case Is = 0
Street = " ST"
Case Is = 1
Street = " RD"
Case Is = 2
Street = " AVE"
Case Is = 3
Street = " AV"
Case Is = 4
Street = " CRES"
Case Is = 5
Street = " LOOP"
Case Is = 6
Street = "PO BOX"
Case Is = 7
Street = " STREET"
Case Is = 8
Street = " ROAD"
Case Is = 9
Street = " AVENUE"
Case Is = 10
Street = " CRESENT"
Case Is = 11
Street = " PARADE"
Case Is = 12
Street = " PDE"
Case Is = 13
Street = " LANE"
Case Is = 14
Street = " COURT"
Case Is = 15
Street = " BLVD"
Case Is = 16
Street = "P.O. BOX"
Case Is = 17
Street = "P.O BOX"
Case Is = 18
Street = "PO BOX"
Case Is = 19
Street = "POBOX"
End Select
End Function