2015Q1.0 Release Notes

We are pleased to present our 2015Q1.0 release. New in this release are:

Faster verification for Germany and China
Transaction logging capability
Improved title casing for all countries
Address Quality Index Field
Premium India Data

Check out our 2015Q1.0 Release Webinar held on January 23rd, 2015:

Please note, this video is no longer available. In this video, Loqate Director of Engineering Uma Ramamurthy and Product Manager Elie Challita take the time to discuss the new features of the Q1 release which include improvements to verification and title casing, an introduction to the new transaction logging capability and Address Quality Index Field as well as a mention of our new premium India data.

This document describes these changes in greater detail along with things to be aware of and other helpful tips.

Local API Updates

Faster Verification for Germany and China

In 2014Q4, we introduced a new hash index for the US. In 2015Q1, the hash index was extended to Germany and China. The hash index is built to support faster verification for addresses that match the reference data exactly. Other countries may be supported in future releases.

The hash index helps improve verification performance significantly on input that matches reference data.

Transaction Logging Capability

Every API call that involves a Loqate process can be considered as a transaction. In this release, we introduced the capability to have the transactions logged to a file. The file name will be trLog.lfs and will be located in the data folder. If the file size exceeds 10 MB or if the file is more than one month old, the file will be backed up under a different file named based on the date of creation of file viz., trLog<date_of_creation>.lfs. For example, if the original transaction log was created on January 3, 2015 at 12:00:00 am, the file will be named trLog20150103120000.lfs at the time of backup.

The transactions will also be available via the API through the ProcessResult object. For each transaction, logging will record the time stamp of the transaction, name of the processes and name of the country involved. The actual input or output address will not be recorded in the log. Transaction logging is controlled through a server option. This option is described in further detail in the New Server Options section below.

Improved Title Casing for All Countries

In 2014Q4, intelligent title casing was introduced for the US and Australia. This feature resulted in output having proper casing for all verified fields. This feature has been extended to all countries in 2015Q1. This includes upper-cased Roman numerals and upper-cased directional words.

Address Quality Index Field

In this release, a new field was introduced in the verification output. This field is useful as a quantitative indicator and can be used to make decisions on the address quality. This field is computed using a combination of the post-processed verification level and match score. The following table indicates how the value of the address quality index field is computed based on the row at which the AVC code and match score together satisfy the stated conditions.

For example, consider an address reported to have an AVC code of V33-I44-P6-100. From the above table, walking through the rows from the top, the second row satisfies the condition. Hence this address will be classified to have Address Quality Index B.

Premium India Data

In this release, we introduced premium data for India. Premium India data provides better verification and geocoding than regular India data. This data is available through separate product codes (DSVINDP, DSGINDP and DSPINDP for Verification, Geocoding and Address Powersearch, respectively).

New Server Options

a) TransactionLogActive
This option allows the user to enable/disable transaction logging. If the option is set to ON or 1, transactions will be logged. If the option is set to OFF or 0, transactions will not be logged.

This option allows the user to control logging of transactions and availability of transactions through the API. The default is OFF. The option should be set to 0 or OFF to prevent any logging of transactions. The option should be set to 1 or ON for enabling the logging of transactions to a file on disk and also making the transaction log information available via the API.

Other Local API Updates

Please visit https://support.loqate.com/support/releasenotes/2015q1cases 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.

Cloud API Updates

The Loqate Cloud will be updated to 2015Q1.0 along with the general release. Please visit https://support.loqate.com/support/releasenotes/2015q1cases for a list of new features available through our Cloud APIs.

Country Updates

We are continually improving our country data and rules/lexicons to support them. Please visit https://support.loqate.com/support/releasenotes/2015q1cases for a list of cases involving improvements and enhancements for a particular country.

The table below shows which countries have been enhanced, and how, in this release.

Reference Data = All countries
Lexicons = 19 countries
Context Rules = 4 countries

Country Name	ISO Code	Context Rules	Lexicons	Reference Data
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
AUSTRIA	AT	x	x	x
AZERBAIJAN	AZ			x
BAHAMAS	BS			x
BAHRAIN	BH			x
BANGLADESH	BD			x
BARBADOS	BB			x
BELARUS	BY			x
BELGIUM	BE			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
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
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	x
CUBA	CU			x
CURAÇAO	CW			x
CYPRUS	CY			x
CZECH REPUBLIC	CZ		x	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
GHANA	GH			x
GIBRALTAR	GI			x
GREECE	GR		x	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
HUNGARY	HU			x
ICELAND	IS			x
INDIA	IN		x	x
INDONESIA	ID			x
IRAN, ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF	IR			x
IRAQ	IQ			x
IRELAND	IE		x	x
ISLE OF MAN	IM			x
ISRAEL	IL			x
ITALY	IT		x	x
JAMAICA	JM			x
JAPAN	JP			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	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	x
LIECHTENSTEIN	LI			x
LITHUANIA	LT			x
LUXEMBOURG	LU			x
MACAO	MO			x
MACEDONIA, THE FORMER YUGOSLAVREPUBLIC OF	MK			x
MADAGASCAR	MG			x
MALAWI	MW			x
MALAYSIA	MY			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
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
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
PUERTO RICO	PR			x
QATAR	QA			x
RÉUNION	RE			x
ROMANIA	RO			x
RUSSIAN FEDERATION	RU			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
SINT MAARTEN (DUTCH PART)	SX			x
SLOVAKIA	SK			x
SLOVENIA	SI			x
SOLOMON ISLANDS	SB			x
SOMALIA	SO			x
SOUTH AFRICA	ZA	x	x	x
SOUTH GEORGIA AND THE SOUTH SANDWICHISLANDS	GS			x
SOUTH SUDAN	SS			x
SPAIN	ES			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
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
TURKMENISTAN	TM			x
TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS	TC			x
TUVALU	TV			x
UGANDA	UG			x
UKRAINE	UA			x
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES	AE		x	x
UNITED KINGDOM	GB	x	x	x
UNITED STATES	US		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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