Geocoding Release Notes

LightBox APIs use semantic versioning. Semantic versioning structures each version identifier into three parts, MAJOR, MINOR, and PATCH notation.

MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH or v1.0.0

Geocoding

10/23/2024

v1.7.0

New Features

• Added borough to address - null if not applicable.
• Added search parameter for parsed address "streetAddress" which allows one to pass in both street number and street name as a single parameter

06/25/2024

v1.6.0

New Features

• Added ability to search addresses with diacritics.

Bug Fixes

• Updated OAS to reflect all allowable values for $metadata.geocode.changeFlag properties.
• Updated OAS to include $metadata.geocode.aliases.
• Returns a fault string error when Aurora's geocoding healthcheck fails.

06/10/2023

v1.5.0

New Features

• Added an optional parameter to the geocode input to add a bounding box that will let the engine know to search within the box first.

05/10/2023

v1.4.0

New Features

• Added Reverse Geocoding endpoint, handles both Canadian and US based addresses

Bug Fixes

• None

Improvements

• None

Upgrade Steps

• None

Breaking Changes

• None

Other Changes

• None

2/15/2023

v1.3.0

New Features

• Added the ability to pass in parsed address fields instead of passing in a single text address string. 

Bug Fixes

• Fixed primary flag on the result. This is now returning the correct value. 
• Updated zip+4 on the label. When the +4 did not exist the label displayed undefined. 

Improvements

• None

Upgrade Steps

• None

Breaking Changes

• None

Other Changes

• Updated API Docs

10/07/2022

1.2.0

New Features

• Added Health Check endpoint

Bug Fixes

• Allow '#' through our validation
• Allow 1/2 through our validation
• Allow .5 Buffer distance to be passed through validation

Improvements

• None

Upgrade Steps

• None

Breaking Changes

• None

Other Changes

• None

08/29/2022

v1.0.1

New Features

• Allowed Canadian addresses to be returned

Bug Fixes

• Documented precision code on OAS spec
• Updated Autocomplete to take size parameter into consideration
• Updated location.representativePoint.longitude and location.representativePoint.latitude to return as floats vs strings

Improvements

• Added Global Error Handler to capture errors

Upgrade Steps

• None

Breaking Changes

• None

Other Changes

• None

06/13/2022

v1.0.0

New Features

• Added Search endpoint
• Added AutoComplete endpoint

Improvements

• None

Upgrade Steps

• None

Breaking Changes

• None

Other Changes

• None

• Geocoding Overview
• Geocoding Documentation

02/23/2024

v1.0.6

New Features

• Added aliases section to represent alternate names to an address

Bug Fixes

• Addressed Territories that return with a null Region Code.
• Updated OAS to reflect addressComponents correctly.
• Updated breadcrumbs so that an empty object is not returned.
• Updated addresses that return the locality correctly, previously some addresses returned null.

Improvements

• None

Upgrade Steps

• None

Breaking Changes

• None

Other Changes

• None