Note: In maintenance: This service is no longer being actively developed. We will only provide critical fixes for this service in future. Instead, use the new HERE Batch API v7 service.

The HERE HERE Batch Geocoder API is a REST API that allows you to geocode and reverse geocode large data sets. Batch processing is optimized for large batch jobs and there is a penalty for executing small jobs, such as those having less than 10 addresses.

The HERE Batch Geocoder API supports the following use cases:

  • Geocode large data sets in one request, such as submitting a single file of addresses to request the corresponding geocoodinates. Addresses may use structured input or free-form search strings with complete or partial address information. The request processing is asynchronous. The more detailed the address you submit, the higher the potential match accuracy.
  • Reverse geocode large data sets in one request, such as submitting a single file of geocoordinate/radius pairs to request the corresponding addresses. The request processing is asynchronous.

Although there are no technical limitations in place for either the minimum number of addresses in a batch job nor for the frequency or number of submitted batch jobs, HERE recommends you accumulate larger sets of addresses into fewer batch jobs to receive a faster response.

Note: As a general rule, a batch job should have either more than 100 addresses or be submitted at least 10 minutes after the previous job was submitted. Under no circumstances should a batch job be submitted more often than once a minute.

Not all of the functionality described in this document is available for China due to missing map content. If you have questions, contact your HERE Account Executive.

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