Autocomplete suggestions added across compatible hosts
Address autocomplete requests are now supported across the compatibility hosts that offer it, matching each provider's own autocomplete request shape.
My Geocode blog (page 6)
Notes on geocoding, IP data, and building on the My Geocode API.
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The trouble with dashboards that hide your real usage
A usage dashboard that only updates once a day is not really a real time picture at all. It is just yesterday's number wearing today's date on it.
Add a distance-from-store calculator to a landing page
Let a visitor enter their address and see exactly how far your nearest location is, using one geocoding request and a distance formula in your own code.
Migrating a server-side integration without touching the client
A server-side geocoding migration can often be invisible to the client applications that depend on it. Here is how to design it that way.
The difference between rooftop and street-level geocoding
Rooftop geocoding places a point at the actual building. Street-level geocoding interpolates a position along the road. The two look similar on a map and are not the same thing.
Building a field service dispatch tool by distance
A home appliance repair company was assigning jobs to whichever technician happened to be free next, regardless of how far that technician actually had to drive to reach the customer.
A faster elevation endpoint for long routes
The elevation endpoint now handles long routes made up of many coordinates more efficiently, aimed at routing and hiking applications that request elevation profiles.
Why open data beats licensed data for most use cases
Licensed data comes with a contract that can change under you. Open data comes with a community that has no reason to renegotiate your access later.
Batch limits: matching what the big providers already allow
Batch requests on My Geocode are sized to match what large providers already support, so an existing batch integration should not need resizing.
Migrating a mobile app's geocoding calls
Geocoding calls from a mobile app carry constraints a server-side migration does not have to think about. Here is what to plan for specifically.
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