Modern means many things. This includes the way we enter and display address details within Notes applications

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Modern Domino
Addresses

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Classic Addresses
• Addresses are an integral part of
many Notes applications.
• One of the original purposes for
storing addresses was to facilitate
the printing of mailing labels.
• Today it is more common for B2B
and B2C communication to take
place via email or social media.
• It is now more likely that an
address will be used to provide
data for a mapping tool or GPS.
• But how many Notes applications
continue to support addresses in a
way best suited for mailing labels
versus a mapping tool?

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Classic Address Formats
• Address format vary around the world.
• In the US the standard format adopted
by USPS comprises two lines for street
address, followed by a line with city,
state, and zip code (postcode).
• In Notes applications an address is
typically represented by five separate
fields, one for each component.
• If multiple addresses are required (e.g.
billing versus mailing address) we
typically see multiple groups of five
fields for each address.
• It is rare for an application to
consolidate these into a single address
field.

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Data Entry
• On a mobile device such as a smart
phone entering addresses can be a
chore, especially when a classic
address format has been used.
• Unless mailing labels are still being
used it doesn’t seem to make much
sense to have two separate fields for
street address.
• In the US the zip code has an 80%
chance of identifying the city and a
99%+ chance of identifying the State.
• To reduce data entry consider placing
the zip code before the city and state
and prepopulate these two fields
based on the zip code entered.

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Data Entry Code

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Data Entry Code

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GPS
• For some applications there is a
need to capture the current
location. If the device has a built-in
GPS it is possible to convert the
current location into an address
and pre-populate the address
field(s) virtually eliminating the
data entry.
• GPS systems can be inaccurate so it
is usually a good idea to allow the
user of the application the ability
to correct the address.
• If it is important to ensure the
current location is always used,
store the longitude and latitude as
non-editable fields.

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GPS Code*
* Example Uses jQuery

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Mapping
• On mobile devices it is
possible to link an address
to the devices native map
application.
• It is usually a good idea to
consolidate each address
into a single (computed)
field to facilitate mapping.
• When displaying an
address, the consolidated
address can be displayed
as a link to a mapping tool.

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Mapping Code

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Mapping Code (Components)
• If a single address field is not available the
address can be calculated using EL.
value="${document1.donorAdd1} ${document1.donorCity} ${document1.donorState} ${document1.donorZip}"