Bulk Geocoding and Verification are the process of geocoding or verifying a large number of addresses at once. These are asynchronous API calls, thus the process will continue in the background, and the API call returns immediately. The Bulk processing is optimized for large batches of addresses and there is a penalty for executing small jobs, such as those having less than 10 addresses.
Bulk APIs typically work by accepting an input file of addresses and returning an output
file of corresponding geographic coordinates along with additional information about
each address, such as the city, state, or country, match scores, location description
and many more.
- Bulk Geo Addressing Service: Geocode This service takes
an input file of addresses and provides corresponding geographic coordinates
(Latitude/Longitude) and associated metadata in the output file. For example:
4750 Walnut St., Boulder CO, 80301returns-105.241023,40.018233 - Bulk Geo Addressing Service: Verify This service takes an
input file of addresses and perform address verification and standardization
using the postal matching rules and provide response in the form of an output
file:
4750 Walnut Street, Colorado, 80301returns4750 Walnut St.Boulder CO 80301-2532
Note: The output file will be available for 30 days from the time it is
generated.