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National Address Database (NAD)

Overview​

The National Address Database (NAD) is a US Department of Transportation initiative to create a single, public-domain database of address information, focusing on accuracy and nationwide coverage to support various governmental and emergency response needs.

Key Attributes​

Geographic CoverageUnited States
Entity LevelAddress, Point of Interest
Release FrequencyQuarterly, exact timing varies

Notes​

Each address record includes latitude and longitude coordinates for geolocation. These coordinates can be combined with the geospatial boundaries included in the geography_characteristics table. Geospatial boundaries are provided as GeoJSON and WKT polygons and are represented as coordinates. These geospatial boundaries are also referred to as ”shapefiles”, “geographic boundaries,” “bounding coordinates,” and “geographic area coordinates.”

Each POI includes the name, location, category or type of place or business, and a POI_ID unique identifier. POIs can be mapped back to addresses using the relationships table.

Address Normalization: In the us_addresses table, Cybersyn normalizes the street names, city, state, and zip codes for each address line in the dataset using our geography_index table to create consistency across city names (e.g., “Saint Paul, MN” vs. “St. Paul, MN”) and to verify accuracy. Street abbreviations are also standardized in the data (e.g., “Rd” -> “Road”).

Zip codes are determined using the address coordinates in combination with geospatial data from the US Census Bureau and are validated using data from the US Postal Service (USPS).

The addresses for a small fraction of locations are incorrectly parsed. In particular, addresses of non-standard format such street intersections may be parsed incorrectly. The STATE, CITY, ZIP, and coordinates for these addresses are generally correct, but the STREET, NUMBER and UNIT may contain errors in these cases.

Cybersyn Products​

Tables above are available in the following Cybersyn data products:

Sample Queries​

Find addresses within a zip code to send direct mail campaign to​

Query US addresses by zip code to find relevant addresses in your target area

SELECT NUMBER, STREET, STREET_TYPE, CITY, STATE, ZIP
FROM CYBERSYN.US_ADDRESS
WHERE ZIP = '02114'
LIMIT 5;

Reverse geocoding​

Query addresses near longitude and latitude coordinates to find nearby addresses

SELECT LONGITUDE, LATITUDE, NUMBER, STREET, STREET_TYPE, CITY, STATE, ZIP
FROM CYBERSYN.US_ADDRESS
WHERE LONGITUDE BETWEEN  -74.5 AND -74
    AND LATITUDE BETWEEN 40.0 AND 40.5
LIMIT 5;

Use geographic boundaries to filter addresses​

Query addresses in the largest zip code within a US state (e.g., Florida) by total tabulation area

WITH zip_areas AS (
    SELECT
        geo.geo_id,
        geo.geo_name AS zip,
        states.related_geo_name AS state,
        countries.related_geo_name AS country,
        ST_AREA(TRY_TO_GEOGRAPHY(value)) AS area
    FROM cybersyn.geography_index AS geo
    JOIN cybersyn.geography_relationships AS states
        ON (geo.geo_id = states.geo_id AND states.related_level = 'State')
    JOIN cybersyn.geography_relationships AS countries
        ON (geo.geo_id = countries.geo_id AND countries.related_level = 'Country')
    JOIN cybersyn.geography_characteristics AS chars
        ON (geo.geo_id = chars.geo_id AND chars.relationship_type = 'coordinates_geojson')
    WHERE geo.level = 'CensusZipCodeTabulationArea'
),

zip_area_ranks AS (
    SELECT
        *,
        ROW_NUMBER() OVER (PARTITION BY country, state ORDER BY area DESC, geo_id) AS zip_area_rank
    FROM zip_areas
)

SELECT addr.number, addr.street, addr.street_type, addr.city, addr.state, addr.zip, areas.country
FROM cybersyn.us_addresses AS addr
JOIN zip_area_ranks AS areas
    ON (addr.id_zip = areas.geo_id)
WHERE addr.state = 'FL' AND areas.country = 'United States' AND areas.zip_area_rank = 1
LIMIT 10;

Disclaimers​

The data in this product is sourced from the National Address Database. Data sourced from the National Address Database cannot be used for mailing list purposes.

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