Release Highlights – Video Clips

General Suggestions & Tips

For the best results, install the 2014Q3.0 release as soon as your application development cycle allows it. The 2014Q3.0 release makes improvements in both the throughput of the verification process and 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 you can’t update both in your application, please contact Loqate Support prior to upgrading so we can help you.

Loqate Partner Area Launch

In line with the 2014Q3.0 release, we are launching a new portal on loqate.com to accompany our Support Area. Our new Partner Area features a range of marketing materials, guides, and tools to help our partners learn and sell Loqate as part of their product or solution.

If you already have a Loqate account that you use to browse the Support Area, you’ll need additional approval to access the new materials. Please contact your channel manager or email marketing@loqate.com to request access.

Major API Features

Address Powersearch™

Loqate’s new Address Powersearch™ functionality has been expanded to cover most countries worldwide. It provides faster, more accurate address capture and verification to improve customer service and reduce the costs associated with inaccurate address data.

Address Powersearch will require a paid license in addition to the basic Address Verify™ license. Once purchased, this license will allow you to download the data updates for the specific countries you requested.

Here is an overview of how Address Powersearch works. When you run the Search method, the Loqate Engine will first look for the corresponding auto-complete index. If present, the method will attempt to return a list of candidate addresses instantly. If the index is not present, or if the index does not return any results, the older search process will be triggered.

• Auto-complete indexes use only the first 10 characters to search within the US. The other supported countries
  use up to 15 characters to search.
• Address Powersearch will return the best information currently available. Some countries’ data packs might not have addresses more precise than the street or locality levels. In those countries, Address Powersearch will accept the street or city name as input, and return the complete name with any additional information available. We will include more detailed coverage in future releases.
• Address Powersearch covers all countries in the world except for India, Japan, Botswana, Ethiopia, San Marino,
  Saint Kitts and Nevis, Malaysia, Mongolia, and Kazakhstan.
• Auto-complex index files can be downloaded via Install Manager. Users will need to have their licenses upgraded
  to have the auto-complete index-related product codes in their license.

It is important to note that the results returned can only be as comprehensive as the underlying reference data available for a country. Please consult our Data Coverage documentation (https://support.loqate.com/datacoveragesummary/) in order to see the level of coverage in any countries of interest.

Improved Handling of Incorrectly Formatted Input Queries During Search

In the 2014Q2.0 release, we introduced improved parsing and spelling correction to our Verify method. This functionality has now been added to the Search method, providing better results where input is not recognizable as a standard address structure. For example, in the string ‘san francisco 300 berry usa’, the order of the address elements is incorrect. The additional capability here will now provide more accurate results.

The parsing recognition has also been improved to handle compressed data, common in database systems with limited field lengths (e.g. ‘SANFRANCISCO’ instead of ‘SAN FRANCISCO’).

Improved Alias Handling During Search

In this release, Search is better able to handle partial input with non-postal standard aliases. For instance, ‘1303 Nerine Circle’ or ‘2100 W Point Avenue’ in the US – the postal standards are Cir and Ave respectively, but now Search is able to provide better results in these situations with partial input.

The improved handling of incorrectly formatted input queries and improved alias handling during Search are controlled by the CombinedSearchMethods option. This option is set to YES (or ON or TRUE or 1) by default and will improve the quality of results.

Cloud API Updates

The Loqate Cloud will be updated to 2014Q3.0 along with the general release.

In the first half of Q3, we will be implementing a project aimed to simplify how production credit is added and managed on our cloud platform (everythinglocation.com). The main feature of this project will be translating dollar-based production balances into a new credit-based ‘bucket’ system. As a result, any future accounting performed on the platform will be charged in credits at a fixed rate.

If you have an everythinglocation.com account, you’ll soon receive further details about the changes and how they’ll impact both current and future credit plans.

Following this implementation, information on how to access certified processing (for CASS and AMAS) will be available on the cloud. Further information on how to access CASS and AMAS processing and integrate them within APIs will be available on our developer pages shortly.

Other Local API Updates

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 about any solved cases.

• Case 00001749: Different results when setting MinimumVerificationLevel option to “Country”
• Case 00002086: Multiple results returned in some cases in SERP certification mode.
• Case 00002227: Test Loqate Release – Inconsistency of results
• Case 00002303: SF Id: 2219 subcase (GB matching/output)
• Case 00002355: Premise+Street only in Search – results for ST vs STREET
• Case 00002891: SuppressAddressFields removing Locality
• Case 00003129: Conditional formatting needed for New Zealand record
• Case 00003446: Geo-Distance: Please return zero instead of null for P[X]
• Case 00003451: Program hang in Search mode
• Case 00003599: CHN: Native Formatted Address is broken down into many lines
• Case 00003626: Military address validates to wrong box
• Case 00003665: Australian address issue related to Suite and Level
• Case 00003744: Loqate API crashed
• Case 00003778: Inconsistent “Search” behaviour
• Case 00003889: Custom Install Manager for UNIX doesn’t allow change to default install path
• Case 00003901: Australia issue with Suite/apartment numbers
• Case 00003956: Crash On Address
• Case 00003979: Australia Powersearch Issue

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 00001764: Thoroughfare vs. Thoroughfare parsed fields – completely different streets present
• Case 00002213: Issues with lq_locality field being blank on 69% of the file even though the data is on input. Also finding I55 on 753 records where it verifies at V2 or below
• Case 00002430: Subcase (SF #2309) : improper handling of “Chicago Western Suburbs”
• Case 00002432: Improvement Req. Welsh address thoroughfare splitting
• Case 00002518: Q3 cloud regression (testing) – GBR AdministrativeArea
• Case 00002931: Providing zip+4 with unmatched subunit
• Case 00003233: Hungarian Address Processing – Standards Adherence
• Case 00003250: HUN issue
• Case 00003328: Awkward US address – parsing “bug” (KB)
• Case 00003497: Org field processing
• Case 00003511: Dutch Addresses with Building not handled properly
• Case 00003512: Incorrect parsing of Dutch Street containing “en”
• Case 00003518: Netherlands street name parsed to building
• Case 00003520: Abbreviation “O.L.” in Dutch Street name causes parser problems
• Case 00003522: Casing Issue with Thoroughfare that is an abbreviation
• Case 00003526: Handling of milestone markers (e.g. mile, km) in a street address not correct
• Case 00003533: PO Box casing
• Case 00003543: Extra directional in output street address
• Case 00003546: Postcode within input degrades validation
• Case 00003577: transliteration issue in hebrew
• Case 00003592: Incorrect parsing of New Zealand address
• Case 00003594: Full width Unicode Digits are output in standard ASCII representation
• Case 00003610: Improper Formatted Address for Malaysia
• Case 00003612: Inconsistencies in Malaysian Reference Data
• Case 00003620: Keyword “Resort” seems to throw off parser
• Case 00003643: Loqate – Buggy product behavior
• Case 00003652: UK Organisation being identified as thoroughfare
• Case 00003654: Handling of abbreviation for Brazil address
• Case 00003687: Not handling “BUS” in Beligium addresses properly
• Case 00003689: Incorrect parsing of Belgium address with a token following a premise when premise follows thoroughfare
• Case 00003734: 10863530 LOQATE Merging Thoroughfare Part into Premise (ohara)
• Case 00003750: Dropped apartment/suite
• Case 00003768: Loqate unable to recognize some forms of Organization HQ address
• Case 00003775: Organization incorrectly parsed to Building field
• Case 00003780: CHN: Premise detail in formatted address
• Case 00003814: Address Cleanser issue with Loqate
• Case 00003824: GBR parsing issue
• Case 00003868: Aland Islands addresses
• Case 00003869: Hebrew processing
• Case 00003883: Spanish Address Formatting
• Case 00003895: Israel Addresses – getting non-western characters for part of the address
• Case 00003929: Russian processing
• Case 00003942: Unable to find UK address
• Case 00003949: Delivery line 1 and 2 are in the wrong order for Argentinian addresses
• Case 00003976: Foreign Locality names in local languages
• Case 00004003: Hungarian Address Format dependent locality

Summary of Improvement Changes

• Reference Data = All countries
• Lexicons = 16 countries
• Context Rules = 21 countries

Country Name	ISO Code	Context Rules	Lexicons	Reference Data	Address Format
AFGHANISTAN	AF			x
ÅLAND ISLANDS	AX			x
ALBANIA	AL			x
ALGERIA	DZ			x
AMERICAN SAMOA	AS			x
ANDORRA	AD			x
ANGOLA	AO			x
ANGUILLA	AI			x
ANTARCTICA	AQ			x
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA	AG			x
ARGENTINA	AR			x
ARMENIA	AM			x
ARUBA	AW			x
AUSTRALIA	AU	x	x	x
AUSTRIA	AT			x
AZERBAIJAN	AZ			x
BAHAMAS	BS			x
BAHRAIN	BH			x
BANGLADESH	BD			x
BARBADOS	BB			x
BELARUS	BY			x
BELGIUM	BE	x	x	x
BELIZE	BZ			x
BENIN	BJ			x
BERMUDA	BM			x
BHUTAN	BT			x
BOLIVIA, PLURINATIONAL STATE OF	BO			x
BONAIRE, SINT EUSTATIUS AND SABA	BQ			x
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA	BA			x
BOTSWANA	BW			x
BOUVET ISLAND	BV			x
BRAZIL	BR	x		x
BRITISH INDIAN OCEAN TERRITORY	IO			x
BRUNEI DARUSSALAM	BN			x
BULGARIA	BG			x
BURKINA FASO	BF			x
BURUNDI	BI			x
CAMBODIA	KH			x
CAMEROON	CM			x
CANADA	CA	x	x	x
CAPE VERDE	CV			x
CAYMAN ISLANDS	KY			x
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC	CF			x
CHAD	TD			x
CHILE	CL			x
CHINA	CN	x	x	x
CHRISTMAS ISLAND	CX			x
COCOS (KEELING) ISLANDS	CC			x
COLOMBIA	CO			x
COMOROS	KM			x
CONGO	CG			x
CONGO, THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE	CD			x
COOK ISLANDS	CK			x
COSTA RICA	CR			x
CÔTE D’IVOIRE	CI			x
CROATIA	HR			x
CUBA	CU			x
CURAÇAO	CW			x
CYPRUS	CY			x
CZECH REPUBLIC	CZ			x
DENMARK	DK			x
DJIBOUTI	DJ			x
DOMINICA	DM			x
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC	DO			x
ECUADOR	EC			x
EGYPT	EG			x
EL SALVADOR	SV			x
EQUATORIAL GUINEA	GQ			x
ERITREA	ER			x
ESTONIA	EE			x
ETHIOPIA	ET			x
FALKLAND ISLANDS (MALVINAS)	FK			x
FAROE ISLANDS	FO			x
FIJI	FJ			x
FINLAND	FI			x
FRANCE	FR	x		x
FRENCH GUIANA	GF			x
FRENCH POLYNESIA	PF			x
FRENCH SOUTHERN TERRITORIES	TF			x
GABON	GA			x
GAMBIA	GM			x
GEORGIA	GE			x
GERMANY	DE		x	x
GHANA	GH			x
GIBRALTAR	GI	x		x
GREECE	GR			x
GREENLAND	GL			x
GRENADA	GD			x
GUADELOUPE	GP			x
GUAM	GU			x
GUATEMALA	GT			x
GUERNSEY	GG			x
GUINEA	GN			x
GUINEA-BISSAU	GW			x
GUYANA	GY			x
HAITI	HT			x
HEARD ISLAND AND MCDONALD ISLANDS	HM			x
HOLY SEE (VATICAN CITY STATE)	VA			x
HONDURAS	HN			x
HONG KONG	HK	x		x
HUNGARY	HU	x		x
ICELAND	IS			x
INDIA	IN	x		x
INDONESIA	ID		x	x
IRAN, ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF	IR			x
IRAQ	IQ			x
IRELAND	IE			x
ISLE OF MAN	IM			x
ISRAEL	IL			x
ITALY	IT		x	x
JAMAICA	JM			x
JAPAN	JP	x	x	x
JERSEY	JE			x
JORDAN	JO			x
KAZAKHSTAN	KZ			x
KENYA	KE			x
KIRIBATI	KI			x
KOREA, DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF	KP			x
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF	KR			x
KUWAIT	KW			x
KYRGYZSTAN	KG			x
LAO PEOPLE’S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC	LA			x
LATVIA	LV			x
LEBANON	LB			x
LESOTHO	LS			x
LIBERIA	LR			x
LIBYA	LY			x
LIECHTENSTEIN	LI			x
LITHUANIA	LT			x
LUXEMBOURG	LU			x
MACAO	MO	x	x	x
MACEDONIA, THE FORMER YUGOSLAVREPUBLIC OF	MK			x
MADAGASCAR	MG			x
MALAWI	MW			x
MALAYSIA	MY		x	x
MALDIVES	MV			x
MALI	ML			x
MALTA	MT			x
MARSHALL ISLANDS	MH			x
MARTINIQUE	MQ			x
MAURITANIA	MR			x
MAURITIUS	MU			x
MAYOTTE	YT			x
MEXICO	MX	x		x
MICRONESIA, FEDERATED STATES OF	FM			x
MOLDOVA, REPUBLIC OF	MD			x
MONACO	MC			x
MONGOLIA	MN			x
MONTENEGRO	ME			x
MONTSERRAT	MS			x
MOROCCO	MA			x
MOZAMBIQUE	MZ			x
MYANMAR	MM			x
NAMIBIA	NA			x
NAURU	NR			x
NEPAL	NP			x
NETHERLANDS	NL		x	x
NEW CALEDONIA	NC			x
NEW ZEALAND	NZ		x	x
NICARAGUA	NI			x
NIGER	NE			x
NIGERIA	NG			x
NIUE	NU			x
NORFOLK ISLAND	NF			x
NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS	MP			x
NORWAY	NO			x
OMAN	OM			x
PAKISTAN	PK			x
PALAU	PW			x
PALESTINIAN TERRITORY, OCCUPIED	PS			x
PANAMA	PA			x
PAPUA NEW GUINEA	PG			x
PARAGUAY	PY			x
PERU	PE			x
PHILIPPINES	PH	x		x
PITCAIRN	PN			x
POLAND	PL			x
PORTUGAL	PT	x		x
PUERTO RICO	PR			x
QATAR	QA			x
RÉUNION	RE			x
ROMANIA	RO		x	x
RUSSIAN FEDERATION	RU	x		x
RWANDA	RW			x
SAINT BARTHÉLEMY	BL			x
SAINT HELENA, ASCENSION AND TRISTANDA CUNHA	SH			x
SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS	KN			x
SAINT LUCIA	LC			x
SAINT MARTIN (FRENCH PART)	MF			x
SAINT PIERRE AND MIQUELON	PM			x
SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES	VC			x
SAMOA	WS			x
SAN MARINO	SM			x
SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE	ST			x
SAUDI ARABIA	SA			x
SENEGAL	SN			x
SERBIA	RS			x
SEYCHELLES	SC			x
SIERRA LEONE	SL			x
SINGAPORE	SG	x		x
SINT MAARTEN (DUTCH PART)	SX			x
SLOVAKIA	SK			x
SLOVENIA	SI			x
SOLOMON ISLANDS	SB			x
SOMALIA	SO			x
SOUTH AFRICA	ZA			x
SOUTH GEORGIA AND THE SOUTH SANDWICHISLANDS	GS			x
SOUTH SUDAN	SS			x
SPAIN	ES	x		x
SRI LANKA	LK			x
SUDAN	SD			x
SURINAME	SR			x
SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN	SJ			x
SWAZILAND	SZ			x
SWEDEN	SE			x
SWITZERLAND	CH			x
SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC	SY			x
TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINA	TW	x		x
TAJIKISTAN	TJ			x
TANZANIA, UNITED REPUBLIC OF	TZ			x
THAILAND	TH			x
TIMOR-LESTE	TL			x
TOGO	TG			x
TOKELAU	TK			x
TONGA	TO			x
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO	TT			x
TUNISIA	TN			x
TURKEY	TR		x	x
TURKMENISTAN	TM			x
TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS	TC			x
TUVALU	TV			x
UGANDA	UG			x
UKRAINE	UA			x
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES	AE			x
UNITED KINGDOM	GB	x	x	x
UNITED STATES	US	x	x	x
UNITED STATES MINOR OUTLYING ISLANDS	UM			x
URUGUAY	UY			x
UZBEKISTAN	UZ			x
VANUATU	VU			x
VENEZUELA, BOLIVARIAN REPUBLIC OF	VE			x
VIET NAM	VN			x
VIRGIN ISLANDS, BRITISH	VG			x
VIRGIN ISLANDS, U.S.	VI			x
WALLIS AND FUTUNA	WF			x
WESTERN SAHARA	EH			x
YEMEN	YE			x
ZAMBIA	ZM			x
ZIMBABWE	ZW			x

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