The 2022Q3.0 major release makes improvements to the verification process and the quality of the results. Please remember to update the reference data. The improvements are tied to the data in the Global Knowledge Repository and the Local API. When updating the data, it is recommended to use a new data folder each time in order to ensure the latest dataset is installed properly.  

If you need any assistance with the upgrade of the Local API or the data update process, please contact GBG Loqate Support. The md5checksum can be used to help ensure the data packs have been fully downloaded.

If you would like to see a list of md5checksums for this release please visit the md5 hash value guide or contact your account manager.

Local API Notices

There was one change to the API engine in relation to German address preposition and a couple of small change to the matching process to resolve a specific use cases. Details are available in the API release notes below.

Data Notices

The major highlights for this release are as follows;-

Hong Kong – In this release we have greatly improved our data coverage for Hong Kong with a rebuild of the dataset with new supplier data which has increased our Premise Level (L4) coverage.

The following countries have all been refreshed in this release – Netherlands, Peru, New Zealand and India along with the 7 regular countries released each release.

We have also resolved 15 customer cases as part of this release, details can be found in the below release notes.

API Release Notes

• To download a PDF version of the API Release Notes, please click here
• To download a DOCX version of the API Release Notes, please click here

Data Release Notes

• To download a PDF version of the Data Release Notes, please click here
• To download a DOCX version of the Data Release Notes, please click here

Seed Release Notes

• To download a PDF version of the Geographic Hierarchy (Seed) Release Notes, please click here
• To download a DOCX version of the Geographic Hierarchy (Seed) Release Notes, please click here

To download a PDF version of the combined Release Notes, please click here

Additional Information

For a list of resolved support cases, please click here

A list of supported platforms for this release can be found here

The file contents for the release is available here

The installation instructions are available here