Centerline Matching
Centerline matching is used with point-level matching to tie a point-level geocode with its parent street segment. This functionality is useful for routing applications.
Centerline matching provides you with additional data about the parent street segment that is not retrievable using only the point-level match. The output information also includes the bearing from the point data geocode to the centerline match.
Centerline matching requires that a point-level geocoding dataset is installed.
Note: This feature is only supported for the following countries:
The following table provides information on how to implement the centerline matching feature.
| REST API | Feature Implementation |
|---|---|
| Service: | Geocode |
| Request Types: | POST |
| Object : Element | preferences : customPreferences |
| Key/Value: | USE_CENTERLINE_OFFSET = true |
| Additional Information: | CENTERLINE_OFFSET and CENTERLINE_OFFSET_UNIT custom keys are used in conjunction with USE_CENTERLINE_OFFSET. |
For more details, see Geocode POST Request.