Argentina (ARG)

This chapter defines the supported Geocode datasets, operations, and input and output field information for Argentina.

Supported Geocode Datasets

The following table lists the supported Geocode dataset(s) with the available geocoding levels for Argentina.


Geocode Dataset	Maximum Precision	Postcodes	Language	Geocode Level
TomTom	Street Interpolated	Yes	Spanish	Premium & Advanced
NAVTEQ	Address Points	No	Spanish, English	Premium

Supported Operations

The following operations are supported for Argentina:

Geocoding—Takes one or more addresses as input and returns latitude/longitude coordinates and other information.
Reverse Geocoding—Takes one or more latitude and longitude coordinates as input and returns the address of the location.

Input Fields

The input address may contain some or all of the following address elements.


Field Name Parameter	Type	Description
placeName	String	Specifies the building name, place name, Point of Interest (POI), company or firm name associated with the input address. Optional.
mainAddress	String	Single Line Input—If no other address field is populated, then the mainAddress entry will be treated as a single line input. Single line input can consist of multiple input address fields; these should be entered in the typical address order for the country. For more details, refer to the section "Single Line Input" below. Street Address—If the post address components (city, postalCode, etc.) are provided separately or in the lastLine field, then the contents of mainAddress will be treated as the street address part and can include company name, house number, building names and street names. Optional. Street Intersection Input—To enter an intersection, specify the two street names separated by a double ampersand (&&).
lastLine	String	The last line of the address. Optional. For example: San Martin 230 Y5900FNF Villa Maria
areaName1	String	Specifies the region or province. Optional.
areaName2	String	Specifies the department. Optional.
areaName3	String	Specifies the city or town name. Your input address should use the official city name or alias. For example, "Buenos Aires" is recognized as an alias for Capital Federal. Note: In Argentina, Buenos Aires Federal District is not part of the Buenos Aires province. If your input specifies only "Buenos Aires", candidates are returned for the Federal District and in the region of Buenos Aires. For provincial capitals in Argentina, you can use the word Capital as well as the actual capital name. For example, the input of "Capital, MZA" is equivalent to "Mendoza, MZA".
areaName4	String	Specifies the neighborhood or barrio. Optional.
postalCode	String	Specifies the 8-digit postal code. The first letter indicates the province, the next 4 digits indicate the locality, and the last 3 letters indicate the block.
country	String	ISO 3166-1 Alpha-3 country code or country name. For Argentina, the country code is ARG. Required for forward geocoding.

Address Guidelines for Argentina

Follow these suggestions to ensure that your input address data is in the best format possible for optimum matching and geocoding. For additional information on Argentine addresses, see the Correo Argentino website: http://www.correoargentino.com.ar/.

Required fields—If you are using the standard TomTom database, addresses must contain a city. For the NAVTEQ database, addresses can contain either a city or postal code.
Numbers, numeric equivalents, and ordinals—Numbered streets are mapped to the named equivalents. For example, you can input Calle 5 or Calle cinco and get the same returned candidates. Ordinals are also recognized in input addresses. The following numbers and equivalents are recognized as part of a street name input:
1,UNO,PRIMERO,PRIMER,PRIMERA
5,CINCO,QUINTO,QUINTA
For example, an input street name of "25 de Mayo" is recognized and handled the same way as "Veinticinco de Mayo".
Thoroughfare types—Thoroughfare types and their common abbreviations are recognized and fully supported in input addresses. Examples of typical thoroughfare types are:
Avendia Avendia Av Ave Avda
Calle C Clle
Lateral Ruta Lat Ruta L R LR
Ruta Provincia R P RP
Proper names and dates in street and town names—Proper names and dates are often used in Argentina addresses, and these are handled by the geocoder for Argentina. For example, an input street name of "Juan F. Ibarra" is recognized and handled the same way as "Juan Felipe Ibarra".
Directionals in addresses—The following directionals are recognized in input addresses: Norte, Oriente, Este, Sur, Oueste, Occidente, Poniente, N, E, S, O, NE, NO, SE, SO, Noreste, Sudeste, Noroeste, Sudoeste.
Abbreviations in addresses—A number of common abbreviations can be used in input addresses. The geocoder for Argentina will recognize the abbreviations and geocode successfully. For example, following is a small sample of equivalent abbreviations. This is not a complete list of address abbreviations.
Bario BAR
Ciudad CD CD.
Colonia COL COL.
Doctor DR
Francisco FCO

Avendia	Avendia	Av	Ave	Avda
Calle	C	Clle
Lateral Ruta	Lat Ruta	L R	LR
Ruta Provincia	R P	RP

Bario	BAR
Ciudad	CD	CD.
Colonia	COL	COL.
Doctor	DR
Francisco	FCO

Single Line Input

Instead of entering each address component in separate fields, you can enter the entire address in the mainAddress input field with the address elements ordered as follows:

[street_info][address_number][postal_code][area]

Where:

[street_info] consists of the street name, street type and any pre- or post-directional information (e.g. East, West, etc.). Optional.
[address_number] is optional.
[postal_code] is the postal code.
[area] is the city only, or city plus supporting information, such as state, province, locality.
Either the [area] or [postal_code] is required.

For best results, put a comma between the street information and the last address line information.

Custom Options

There are no options specific to Argentina.

Parsed Address Output Fields

The following table lists the parsed address fields returned for a candidate located in Argentina.

Note: The placeName, addressNumber, unitType and unitValue field values are only returned when the Geocode dataset that supports street address interpolation is installed.


Field Name	Description
mainAddressLine	The street address which may include company name, house number, building names and street names.
addressLastLine	The last line of the address.
placeName	The building name, place name, Point of Interest (POI), company or firm name associated with the address.
areaName1	The region or province.
areaName2	The department.
areaName3	The city or town.
areaName4	The neighborhood or barrio.
postCode1	The 8-digit postal code.
postCode2	Not used.
country	The three-letter ISO 3166-1 Alpha-3 country code. For Argentina, the country code is ARG.
addressNumber	The address number.
streetName	The street or road name.
unitType	The unit type such as APT, STE, etc.
unitValue	The unit value/number, such as "3B".
customFields	Argentina does not have any custom output fields.