Site Address Point - Apartment/Suite Numbers

[RichardLittlefield]

I'm building our Site Address Point FC from the LGIM. I noticed with the sample data that the Full Address field doesn't include the suite/apartment number. I'm following that rule, but I'm just curious as to why that is the case? Shouldn't the full address include the apartment number?

[JustinWest]

I do, the description for the field states "Address information combined into one text field. In your community, this may include the following fields: PREADDRNUM, ADDRNUM, ADDRNUMSUF, FULLNAME, UNITTYPE, UNITID, ALTUNITTYPE, and ALTUNITID." With the Site Address Points it gives the Primary and Alternate address names which would look a bit strange in the field together.

As an example we have Highway 78 which is also known as East 5th North Street (E 5th N St) so if I were entering it all into that field there may be some confusion. We use the common name in the FULLADDR field with the entire postal address just like in the other feature classes. In the Facility Site Point feature it also has the FULLADDR field so we would want these to match so that if there ever needed to be a join by an address we have those to match up as we have several Main St, Broad St, Frontage Rd, etc addresses that are identical without the city information.

[ScottOppmann]

Justin's note is right on.  You can use the UNITTYPE, UNITID, ALTUNITTYPE, and ALTUNITID to track Apt and Suite numbers.  If you are using the Address Data Management solution and the Attribute Assistant Add-in, the unit designations will be concatenated in the full address field. 

In Justin's example, you could add 5th North St in the FULLADDR and Highway 78 could be added in State Highway designation. 

A few years ago, we highlighted these workflows during an ArcGIS for Local Government Meetup on our Address solutions.  Here is a link - http://help.arcgis.com/en/localgovernment/meetup/MayMeetup2013.zip