2022 Q1.1 Minor Release Notes

The 2022 Q1.1 minor 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.  

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.

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 were no major changes to the API in this release. There were 3 case fixes and  details are available in the API release notes below.

Data Notices

Belgium – Introduction of a new data source – From this release we have greatly improved our data coverage for Belgium with greatly increased Premise Level (L4) address coverage.

New Country Kosovo  has now been separated from Serbia as a recognised country by Loqate in line with the international consensus. This extra country will be part of your release update if you already have a licence key that includes Serbia.

Timezone – We launched the new enhanced Timezone data in 2021 Q4.1 and in 2022 Q1.1 we have now added in a Time Zone description please see the  example in the release notes.

Please see full details on these changes in the Data Release Notes below.

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