NAVTEQ MapTP Geocoder 5.1 Service: Matching Addresses to the Correct Location on the Map
The MapTP Geocoder 5.1 Service is software for matching addresses to the correct location (latitude and longitude) on the map. It is based on a fuzzy text search and therefore can find addresses even if they are incomplete or misspelled. Multiple rated search results are provided. Such geocoding is needed in almost every mapping application for finding spots on the map based on user input or for coding complete address databases into the map.
A Web services interface for the MapTP Geocoder 5.1 is provided that can be accessed via SOAP requests.
General Information
The MapTP Geocoder 5.1 is part of the MapTP Web Services. General information about the MapTP Web Services, for example about authentication, session management, and the environment in which the MapTP Web Services are running is provided here.
Operations of the NAVTEQ MapTP Geocoder 5.1 Service
The MapTP Geocoder 5.1 Service provides the following operations:
- searchFree: Geocodes an address that is given in a single field. The parts of the text string can be in any order. The result set also includes POIs and landmarks that have similarities in the name or address with the input text.
- searchQualified: Geocodes an address that is specified in separate fields such as city, street, etc. This operation can be used to return results of higher quality than those returned by the free map search. Furthermore, using the qualified map search may help to avoid ambiguities.
- geocodeAddresses: Geocodes multiple addresses with one request. For example, this can be useful for geocoding addresses that are stored in an address database.
- reverseGeocodeAddresses: Searches for surrounding map objects from the input of a single coordinate. Depending on the accuracy of the input coordinate and the underlying map data, even a correct postal address can be returned.
- geocodeIntersections:
Searches for the intersections between two or more streets. The response contains the coordinates of the intersections.
In addition, the MapTP Geocoder 5.1 Service offers the following operations for sending asynchronous requests. See Asynchronous Request Processing for general information.
- _async_searchFree: Asynchronous version of the searchFree operation.
- _async_searchQualified: Asynchronous version of the searchQualified operation.
- _async_geocodeAddresses: Asynchronous version of the geocodeAddresses operation.
- _async_reverseGeocodeAddresses: Asynchronous version of the reverseGeocodeAddresses operation.
- _async_job_status: Operation for retrieving the status of a job on the server.
- _async_job_retrieve_searchFree: Operation for retrieving the result of an _async_ searchFree request.
- _async_job_retrieve_searchQualified: Operation for retrieving the result of an _async_searchQualified request.
- _async_job_retrieve_geocodeAddresses: Operation for retrieving the result of an _async_geocodeAddresses request.
- _async_job_retrieve_reverseGeocodeAddresses: Operation for retrieving the result of an _async_reverseGeocodeAddresses request.
SOAP Interface
The WSDL document for the MapTP Geocoder 5.1 Web Service is for example available at:
http://maptp12.map24.com/map24/webservices1.5?soap=Map24Geocoder51
Note: The given server URL (maptp12.map24.com) is just an example. The actual server URL to use will be given to you when registering as a customer of MapTP products.
Examples
Examples are available here.
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