What are the differences between the QAS international Single Line engine and the QAS UK product Single Line search engine?
The main differences are listed below: PRODUCT FEATURE PRO v6/v5/v4/ (World) PRO UK Matching Edit Distance Can handle two changes per item, this applies to vowels & consonants alike SoundEx Works by stripping out vowels, double consonants and trailing s’s Specific Full Postcode Handling No Treated just like any other address element Yes Lots of UK specific shortcuts – zeroes instead of 0’s, 5’s instead of S’s. Partial Postcode Handling Yes Handles partial UK postcodes without the need for wildcards when accompanying other address elements. Wildcards required if postcode-only search. Yes Handles partial UK postcodes without the need for wildcards when accompanying other address elements. Wildcards required if postcode-only search. Wildcard Support Yes Yes Operator Support Yes Yes Street Descriptor Correction Yes Searching on Chiswick High Street, London returns Chiswick High Road, London No Searching on Chiswick High Street, London returns no match. First Letter Replacement Yes Can hand
