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European Address Locator

Service Name: TA_Address_EU

Description: The European Address Locator enables you to geocode street addresses in Europe. The locator is a composite geocoder that supports multiple levels of geocoding, including street address, street name, city, and postal code.

The locator is based on TomTom Multinet Q1 2010 reference data for Europe and is limited to the coverage provided by TomTom. It covers, totally or partially, the following countries: Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Monaco, The Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, San Marino, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, and Vatican City.

The locator can be used to geocode and reverse geocode single addresses or batch geocode multiple addresses.

The data used in the service is in Geographic Coordinate System (GCS) WGS84.

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Technical Notes:

• Country: The "Country" field is required when entering search parameters. Valid inputs include the country string and the ISO alpha-2 or alpha-3 country code. See European Country Codes for a list of valid inputs.
• Locators: The European Address Locator is a composite of composite locators for 22 European countries: AND (Andorra), AUT (Austria), BEL (Belgium), CHE (Switzerland), DEU (Germany), DNK (Denmark), ESP (Spain), FIN (Finland), FRA (France), GBR (Great Britain), GIB (Gibraltar), IRL (Ireland), ITA (Italy) (San Marino and Vatican City), LIE (Liechtenstein), LUX (Luxembourg), MCO (Monaco), NLD (Netherlands), NOR (Norway), PRT (Portugal), SMR (San Marino), SWE (Sweden), and VAT (Vatican City). Each country’s composite locator has one or more of the following participating locators:
  o   EU_Street_Addr: Used for finding street addresses (e.g., 21, rue des Capucins, Meudon, France)
  o   EU_Street_Name: Used for finding street names (e.g., Via Tiburtina, Roma, Italy)
  o   EU_City: Used for finding cities (e.g., Charlottenlund, Denmark)
  o   EU_PostCity: Used for finding postal cities (e.g., Madrid, 28039)
  o   EU_Postcode: Used for finding postal codes (e.g., 75008, France)
• Loc_name: Locator names are prefixed with EU_Street_Addr or EU_Street_Name or EU_City or EU_PostCity or EU_Postcode followed by the actual locator that did the geocoding task: 1) XXX_Streets, 2) XXX_StreetName, 3) XXX_Postcode, 4) XXX_PostCity, 5) XXX_City where XXX = 3 letter ISO country code. See European Country Codes for a list of valid inputs. For example, EU_Street_Addr.ESP_Streets, EU_Street_Name.ESP_StreetName, EU_Postcode.ESP_Postcode, EU_PostCity.ESPPostCity, or EU_City.ESP_City.
• Shape: Geometry of the output
• Score: A value assigned to all potential candidates of an address match. The match score is based on how well the location found in the reference data matches with the address being searched.
• Side: The side of the street to which the candidate has been matched: Left (L) or Right (R).
• X: Longitude of candidate point
• Y: Latitude of candidate point
• LeftFrom: Start of address range on left side of candidate street segment
• LeftTo: End of address range on left side of candidate street segment
• RightFrom: Start of address range on right side of candidate street segment
• RightTo: End of address range on right side of candidate street segment
• PrefixType: Includes tag words like Route, Rte, Highway, etc., which may precede a number in the StreetName field (e.g., for Route 25, the PrefixType field would contain 'Route' and the StreetName field would contain '25'. PrefixType may also include words like 'New' or 'Old' as in New Main Street or Old County Road).
• StConnector: Includes words like der, du, des, di, etc. (e.g., for Rue de la Folie Regnault or Via Capo di Lucca, StConnector would contain 'de la' or 'di').
• StreetName: The name of the candidate street. This field is used only for Street_Addr or Street_Name locators.
• LeftCity: The city to the left of the candidate street segment or address point. This field is used only for Street_Addr or Street_Name locators. LeftCity will only be different from RightCity if the point falls directly on a city boundary.
• RightCity: The city to the right of the candidate street segment or address point. This field is used only for Street_Addr or Street_Name locators. RightCity will only be different from LeftCity if the point falls directly on a city boundary.
• Match_addr: The corresponding address in the reference data for the candidate point
• Country: The name of the country.
  
• StreetType: The type of street, such as, Avenue, Street, Boulevard, Rue, Strasse, etc. 
• LeftPostcode: The postal code to the left of the candidate street segment. This field is used only for Street_Addr or Street_Name locators. LeftPostal will only be different from RightPostal if the point falls directly on a postal code boundary.
• RightPostcode: The postal code to the right of the candidate street segment. This field is used only for Street_Addr or Street_Name locators. RightPostal will only be different from LeftPostal if the point falls directly on a postal code boundary.
• City: The name of the city.
• Postcode: The postal code for the candidate.
• Admin_Name: The administrative name for the candidate.
• Intersection Candidate Fields: These candidate fields are used only when an intersection of two streets is geocoded. They are exactly the same as the fields listed above, but with an additional field calculated for the second (intersecting) street (e.g., PrefixType1 is given for the first street and PrefixType2 is given for the intersecting street). The intersection candidate fields are: Loc_name, Shape, Score, Side, X, Y, PrefixType1, StConnector1, StreetName1, LeftPostcode1, RightPostcode1, LeftCity1, RightCity1, PrefixType2, StConnector2, StreetName2, LeftPostcode2, RightPostcode2, LeftCity2, RightCity2, Match_addr, KeyField, StreetType1, StreetType2, and Postcode.