System and method for enhancing the normalization of parcel data
View Patent ↗System and methods are disclosed that attempt to verify data related to a parcel against mapping and addressing data. If the data cannot be verified, then an enhanced normalization process may be performed. The enhanced normalization process may attempt to group the parcel with some other parcels based on parcel characteristics. If the grouping is successful, then normalization may be performed on the grouping. Normalization may involve checking whether the grouping satisfies a set of grouping criteria.
1. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising instructions which, when executed by a computer system that includes a data processor and is connected to at least one data repository, perform a method comprising:
(a) accessing, by the computer system through a communication channel, identification information associated with a parcel;
(b) searching, by the computer system from the at least one data repository through a communication channel, mapping data or addressing data associated with the parcel identification information;
(c) verifying, by the data processor of the computer system, whether the mapping data or addressing data matches the identification information associated with the parcel;
(d) identifying, by the data processor of the computer system, the parcel as a non-verified parcel in response to a determination that the mapping data or addressing data do not match the identification information associated with the parcel;
(e) grouping, by the data processor of the computer system, the non-verified parcel with at least one other non-verified parcel to form a non-verified parcel grouping, wherein the non-verified parcel and the at least one other non-verified parcel share at least one parcel characteristic; and
(f) performing, by the data processor of the computer system, normalization of the non-verified parcel grouping.
2. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 1 , wherein the parcel characteristic is a street name.
3. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 1 , wherein performing normalization comprises checking whether the non-verified parcel grouping satisfies a set of grouping criteria and storing the non-verified parcel and the at least one other non-verified parcel in the at least one data repository only if the non-verified parcel grouping satisfies the set of grouping criteria.
4. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 3 , wherein the set of grouping criteria comprises a distance between the non-verified parcel and the at least one other non-verified parcel.
5. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 1 , wherein the mapping data comprises data from NAVTEQ.
6. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 1 , wherein the addressing data comprises data from a government agency.
7. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 1 , wherein the non-verified parcel is located in a wilderness area.
8. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 3 , wherein the set of grouping criteria comprises an addressing sequence characteristic associated with the non-verified parcel and the at least one other non-verified parcel.
9. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 8 , wherein the addressing sequence characteristic comprises a house number associated with the non-verified parcel and a house number associated with the at least one other non-verified parcel.
10. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 1 , wherein the non-verified parcel is located in a forested area.
11. A system comprising:
physical data storage configured to store parcel data associated with real estate properties; and
a computer system in communication with the physical data storage, the computer system comprising computer hardware, the computer system programed to:
identify a parcel that could not be verified by mapping data and addressing data;
determine if the identified parcel is categorized as a wilderness area;
if the parcel is categorized as a wilderness area, group the parcel with at least one other parcel based at least in part on parcel characteristics;
perform normalization of the parcel based at least in part the grouping; and
store data associated with the normalized parcel in the physical data storage.
12. The system of claim 11 , wherein the parcel characteristics comprise a street name.
13. The system of claim 11 , wherein performing normalization comprises checking whether the grouping satisfies a set of grouping criteria.
14. The system of claim 13 , wherein the set of grouping criteria comprises a distance between the parcel and the at least one other parcel.
15. A computer-implemented method comprising:
accessing, by a computer system through a communication channel, identification information associated with a parcel;
searching, by the computer system from at least one data repository through a communication channel, mapping data or addressing data associated with the parcel identification information;
verifying whether the mapping data or addressing data matches the identification information associated with the parcel;
identifying the parcel as a non-verified parcel in response to a determination that the mapping data or addressing data do not match the identification information associated with the parcel;
grouping, by the computer system, the non-verified parcel with at least one other non-verified parcel to form a non-verified parcel grouping, wherein the non-verified parcel and the at least one other non-verified parcel share at least one parcel characteristic; and
performing, by the computer system, normalization of the non-verified parcel grouping.
16. The computer-implemented method of claim 15 , wherein the parcel characteristic is a street name.
17. The computer-implemented method of claim 15 , wherein performing normalization comprises checking whether the non-verified parcel grouping satisfies a set of grouping criteria and storing the non-verified parcel and the at least one other non-verified parcel in the at least one data repository only if the non-verified parcel grouping satisfies the set of grouping criteria.
18. The computer-implemented method of claim 17 , wherein the set of grouping criteria comprises an addressing sequence characteristic associated with the non-verified parcel and the at least one other non-verified parcel.
19. The computer-implemented method of claim 18 , wherein the addressing sequence characteristic comprises a house number associated with the non-verified parcel and the at least one other non-verified parcel.