Argentina (ARG)

This section defines the supported geocoding datasets, operations, and input and output field information for Argentina.

Supported Geocoding Datasets

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

Note: Custom User Dictionaries are not supported.
Geocoding Dataset City Centroid Suburb/Village Centroid Postal Centroid Street Centroid Interpolated Street Address Point-level Address Point of Interest
TomTom Spanish Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No
HERE Spanish Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No

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.
  • Interactive Geocoding— Returns potential match candidates as the adddress is typed in.
  • Global Key Lookup—Returns geocode candidates when given a unique key as input. USA MLD and AUS GNAF data only.

Input Fields

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

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 The three-letter ISO 3166-1 Alpha-3 country code. 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 HERE 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  

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.

Output Fields

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

Note: The placeName, addressNumber, unitType and unitValue field values are only returned when a geocoding 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.