We are pleased to present our 2014Q1.0 release. The main features of this release are:

• CASS RDI Certification
• AMAS Certification
• OSGi Bundle of the Loqate libraries
• Point level geocoding for USA and Brazil
• Geocoding improvements and new MaximumGeoDistance and MinimumGeoAccuracyLevel options
• New ReturnDataType and SuppressMatchFields options to provide more flexibility on Search and Verify methods respectively

Check out our 2014Q1.0 Release Webinar held on January 23rd, 2014:

Please note, this video is no longer available. In this video, Loqate CTO Paul Flew and Development Team Manager, Uma Ramamurthy take the time to discuss the new features of the Q1 release which include improvements to Install Manager and CASS and SERP Certification. We also discuss the ongoing improvements to our documentation available on our Support site.

General Suggestions and Tips

For the best results, install the 2014Q1.0 update release as soon as your application development cycle allows. The 2014Q1.0 update release makes improvements in both throughput of the verification process but also in the quality of the results.

Please remember to update both the program files and the reference data. The improvements in the Loqate Engine are tied to the data in the Global Knowledge Repository and the combination works better. If a reason exists in your application that both cannot be updated, please contact Loqate Support prior to upgrading so we can help you.

Resolved Cases

Please see below for a list of cases resolved in this release. Sometimes the case descriptions we are supplied with can be difficult to understand, so please contact support@loqate.com for further information if you have any questions about any resolved cases.

• Case 00003015: Failed to verify street because of incorrect post code
• Case 00003093: Correctly process input fields if there are one or more trailing spaces
• Case 00003167: Segmentation fault on batch verify
• Case 00002239: Puerto Rico not following standard
• Case 00002916: Floating curly braces appearing incorrectly in Sub-building field

Country Updates

We are continually improving our country data and rules/lexicons to support them. The table below shows which countries have been enhanced, and how, in this release.

• Case 00003182: Various Standard abbreviations for military addresses should always be uppercased
• Case 00003098: Reversal of service center and box number in a military address
• Case 00003046: Problem with Italian street name abbreviations
• Case 00002923: General issues with numeric street names having directional
• Case 00002883: Street name, city name switched
• Case 00002970: Australian address with Building Complex not formatted correctly
• Case 00002782: Indian thoroughfare not being parsed properly
• Case 00003000: Italian Provinces should use 2 letter abbreviation
• Case 00002265: Various Processing Errors with PO BOX addresses – text appended to PO Box
• Case 00001894: Completely mishandled Address
• Case 00003028: Premise dropped for major thoroughfare in Vancouver BC
• Case 00002444: Korean building and apartment number processing
• Case 00002439: Unexpected processing dependencies
• Case 00002978: French addresses with numbered routes
• Case 00002869: Michigan state highway not recognized
• Case 00002975: French Street not parsed correctly
• Case 00002980: French Thoroughfare changed incorrectly
• Case 00003016: 3 variants of a single input address result in 3 different output thoroughfares
• Case 00002882: French address returning different locality depending on input building name
• Case 00003072: Wrong correction of street name
• Case 00003064: Address verification for Italian returning French words in THOROUGHFARELEADINGTYPE
• Case 00002682: Common abbreviations used in street names should be recognized
• Case 00003029: Ukraine – Postal Code 04053

Summary of improvement changes:

• Reference Data = All countries
• Lexicons = 11 countries
• Context Rules = 1 countries

Still have questions?

Contact Loqate support at support@loqate.com or contact your account manager.