What address formats does GeoMap support?

GeoMap is engineered for maximum flexibility, recognizing that data in Smartsheet comes from many different sources—forms, API pushes, manual entry, and mobile uploads. Our geocoding engine is designed to interpret a wide variety of address formats and resolve them into precise geographic pins. This "Format Agnostic" approach ensures that your map continues to work even if your team's data entry habits aren't perfectly consistent.

1. Full Standardized Addresses

The gold standard for geocoding is the full street address: **"123 Example Street, Suite 500, City, State, ZIP, Country"**. Providing this level of detail allows our engine to pinpoint the exact building or entrance. This is recommended for high-precision use cases like property management or last-mile delivery where ten meters of accuracy makes a difference.

2. Partial and Regional Data

If you don't have street-level data, GeoMap still provides value. You can map columns that contain:
- **City and State:** (e.g., "Chicago, IL"). The pin will be placed at the geographic center of the city. This is perfect for regional sales maps.
- **Postal Codes:** (e.g., "90210"). The pin will resolve to the centroid of the ZIP code area.
- **Landmarks:** (e.g., "Empire State Building"). Our engine uses fuzzy matching to find known points of interest.

3. Raw Geographic Coordinates (GPS)

For the highest possible accuracy—specifically for assets in rural areas, offshore locations, or construction sites without a formal address—GeoMap supports **Latitude and Longitude**. You can provide these in Decimal Degrees (e.g., `40.7128, -74.0060`). When coordinates are provided, the geocoding engine is bypassed and the pin is placed with sub-meter precision. This is the preferred method for environmental mapping and telecommunications infrastructure tracking.

Expert Tip: Improving Data Resolution

While GeoMap is excellent at "guessing" locations from messy data, we recommend using Smartsheet Forms with "Format Validation" to ensure City and State are consistent. If you find that certain pins are landing in the wrong country (e.g., a "Springfield" in the UK instead of the USA), we recommend adding a hidden helper column in your sheet that appends ", USA" to every address. This simple string concatenation ensures that the geocoding engine has the necessary context to resolve ambiguous locations correctly 100% of the time.