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- address
In this article, this is synonymous with "base address" and "unit address", unless otherwise noted. - AMA
Address Maintenance Application. A primary component of the Enterprise Addressing System (EAS) consisting of a Web-based address data maintenance application that will allow users with appropriate authentication credentials to insert, edit, and delete situs address information within the MAD. - APN *
Assessor Parcel Number. - base address
The preferred term for "Situs Address". - change request
This is the mechanism by which an address gets created, retired, or changes status (see Address Status below). A completed change request gets reviewed, and is either accepted or rejected by the reviewer. - DBI
Department of Building Inspection - DPW BSM
Department of Public Works Bureau of Street-Use and Mapping - legal address
This describes an address that the DBI has determined satisfies all of its business rules that allow the issuance of certain permits against that address.
In the MAD (the database), a legal address will have the status value of "official". - MAD *
Master Address Database. A primary component of the Enterprise Addressing System (EAS) consisting of a relational database management system (RDBMS) capable of spatially representing address data. The MAD also includes the situs data stored within the RDBMS.
Before the EAS was a project, the term "MAD" was used to describe what would later become "EAS". For that reason, the term "MAD" is often used to mean what today might be more correctly called "EAS". - SFGIS
San Francisco Enterprise GIS Program - Situs Address *
A structure’s street-facing entrance. This will hold true irregardless (sic) of any information stored within the Assessor’s database.
This term is effectively deprecated and has been replaced in common use by the term "base address". - SubAddress *
An addressable element within a structure that does not face the street.
This term is effectively deprecated and has been replaced in common use by the term "unit address". - unit address
The preferred term for "SubAddress". - Web-based Address Data Maintenance Application
An application that allows users with appropriate credentials to insert, edit, and delete situs address information stored within the MAD.
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An address is created by using the Address Maintenance Application (AMA) to create a change request. Part of the information that must be provided on the change request is the existing street segment with which the proposed address will associated. The geographic location of the proposed address is indicated by specifying a point on a map. That point must fall within a parcel before the change request can be submitted. This means that every address in the Master Address Database (MAD), irrespective of its status (see Address Status below) enjoys this minimum level of "validity". In other words, an address can never be created on a non-existent street, nor can it be created on an area that is not a parcel, for example, in the middle of a street intersection.
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- The geographic location can be moved to a new location within the current parcel.
- The "Mailing?" flag can be toggled.
- The status can change (see Address Status below).
If a change that is not listed above is required, then the address must be retired and a new address created. An unretired address can be retired by using the AMA to create a change request. A retired address can never be unretired. Addresses can be retired for a number of reasons including:
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