Microsoft Bing Maps enricher

The Microsoft Bing Maps enricher cleanses, standardizes, and enriches postal addresses with geocoding information.

Plugin ID

Google Bing Enricher - com.semarchy.engine.plugins.bing.address

Description

This enricher takes an input address, enriches and validates this postal address using the Bing Maps Service.

This plugin must be used in compliance with the Microsoft Bing Maps APIs Terms of Service.
This enricher uses the Bing Maps Service, which must be accessible from the Semarchy xDM Application at the URL specified in the Bing Location URL parameter. Make sure to make this URL accessible through your firewalls.
This plugin is thread-safe and supports parallel execution.

Plugin parameters

The following table lists the plugin parameters.

Parameter name Mandatory Type Description

Bing Maps Key

Yes

String

To use the Bing Maps Services, you must have a Bing Maps Key.

Bing Location URL

Yes

String

This URL will be used to query Bing Location API.

Plugin inputs

The following table lists the plugin inputs.

Input name Mandatory Type Description

Address Line

Yes

String

Address line to process.

Postal Code

No

String

Postal code of the address.

City

No

String

City of the address.

Country

No

String

Country of the address.
The entire address, including the Address Line, Postal Code, City and Country values can be passed to the plugin as a single concatenated string in the Address Line input. If the source data contains the address in a single string, then you can pass this string directly in the Address Line input.

Plugin outputs

The following table lists the plugin outputs.

Output name Type Description

Administrative District

String

The subdivision name within the country or region for an address (e.g., a U.S. state abbreviation).

Administrative District 2

String

The subdivision name within the administrative district for an address.

Confidence

String

Defines the confidence of the location match found by the geocoding service. Possible values: High, Medium, Low.

Country or Region

String

The country or region name of the address.

Formatted Address

String

A string specifying the complete address. This address may not include the country or region.

Status Code

String

The HTTP Status code for the request.

Status Description

String

A description of the HTTP status code.

Latitude

String

Latitude of the location.

Locality

String

The locality, such as the primary city, that corresponds to an address.

Longitude

String

Longitude of the address.

Match Code

String

Defines the geocoding level of the location match found by the geocoder. One or more of the following values: Good, Ambiguous, UpHierarchy

Postal Code

String

The city or neighborhood that corresponds to the postal code.

Process Code

String

Code that indicates the result status of the process.