2024 Q1.0 Major Release Notes
The setup wizard for the Local API can be obtained from our SFTP server. Please contact your account manager to retrieve the SFTP information. If you do not know who your account manager is, please contact the support team at support@loqate.com.
Note: If you are using command line to connect to the SFTP server, you will need to use ‘sftp user@site’ format instead of just ‘sftp site’.
The 2024Q1.0 Major release makes improvements to the verification process tied to the data release 202401 and the latest 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 are only two change to the API that improves the geocode matching across all countries in some exception cases and details are available in the API Release Notes via the link below.
Data Notices
The latest monthly data release details can be found here
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
Seed Release Notes
Additional Information
A list of supported platforms for this release can be found here
The information on the SFTP file contents for the release is available here
The installation instructions are available here