<s>
SinglePoint	B-Application
is	O
a	O
piece	O
of	O
address	O
management	O
software	O
from	O
Aligned	O
Assets	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
primary	O
function	O
is	O
to	O
act	O
as	O
a	O
search	B-Application
engine	I-Application
that	O
allows	O
the	O
user	O
to	O
search	O
a	O
central	O
address	O
database	O
by	O
entering	O
search	O
terms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SinglePoint	B-Application
was	O
originally	O
designed	O
and	O
built	O
for	O
the	O
British	O
Transport	O
Police	O
(	O
BTP	O
)	O
when	O
they	O
commissioned	O
bespoke	O
development	O
work	O
from	O
Aligned	O
Assets	O
in	O
2007	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
required	O
a	O
product	O
that	O
was	O
capable	O
of	O
searching	O
the	O
National	O
Land	O
and	O
Property	O
Gazetteer	O
(	O
NLPG	O
)	O
,	O
their	O
names	O
database	O
and	O
their	O
internal	O
gazetteer	O
,	O
and	O
from	O
this	O
requirement	O
was	O
born	O
SinglePoint	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
SinglePoint	B-Application
works	O
by	O
loading	O
the	O
chosen	O
data	O
into	O
its	O
schema	B-Application
,	O
which	O
it	O
then	O
indexes	O
in	O
a	O
method	O
similar	O
to	O
internet	B-Application
search	I-Application
engines	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
process	O
is	O
repeated	O
for	O
each	O
database	O
,	O
which	O
are	O
loaded	O
into	O
separate	O
schemas	B-Application
allowing	O
for	O
their	O
separate	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
simultaneous	O
searching	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
can	O
be	O
accessed	O
via	O
a	O
web	B-Application
browser	I-Application
or	O
can	O
utilise	O
web	O
services	O
when	O
embedded	O
into	O
other	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SinglePoint	B-Application
forms	O
the	O
main	O
component	O
in	O
Symphony	O
Bluelight	O
Search	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
Aligned	O
Assets’	O
address	O
search	B-Application
engine	I-Application
for	O
the	O
emergency	O
services	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Because	O
there	O
continues	O
to	O
be	O
no	O
definitive	O
choice	O
of	O
address	O
data	O
amongst	O
the	O
UK	O
’s	O
emergency	O
services	O
with	O
some	O
using	O
the	O
NLPG	O
and	O
others	O
the	O
products	O
from	O
the	O
Ordnance	O
Survey	O
,	O
SinglePoint	B-Application
has	O
been	O
adapted	O
to	O
allow	O
for	O
the	O
searching	O
of	O
both	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SinglePoint	B-Application
is	O
now	O
a	O
well-established	O
product	O
in	O
the	O
field	O
of	O
address	O
management	O
and	O
competes	O
directly	O
with	O
products	O
such	O
as	O
Experian	O
’s	O
QAS	O
Pro	O
.	O
</s>
