Place is still important in a digital world. Sheep collects structured address data with a few subtle helpers.
Address fields:
address lines (list)
locality / town / city
region / state / county
postal code / zip code
country
Additional fields:
National Region (calculated field, England only)
Address fields are not required (sometimes you just won't have the data).
Automation
Sheep will try to show a map based on the available address data
County and town auto-fill based on postcode (UK only)
Full address lookup with Loqate (formerly Postcode Anywhere). Sign up, create an API Key, and add in settings.
Linked Addresses
The system will look for an address from a related record if the person does not have an address. Memberships or Connections will be used to find an alternative address. The address_source and address_source_display fields will show where and why the address has been linked. Updates to linked members are processed by background data processing jobs, which run periodically.