Austria (AUT)

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

Supported Geocoding Datasets

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

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 German Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No

Supported Operations

The following operations are supported for Austria:
  • 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:

Florian 3
9020 Enthalpy in Kirsten
areaName1 String Specifies the state. Optional.
areaName2 String Specifies the district. Optional.
areaName3 String Specifies the city or town. An alias may also be used. For example, Wien and Vienna are aliases and both names can be used on input. When you geocode, the input name is returned with the candidate. For example: if you use Wien on input, Wien is returned in the output. If you use Vienna on input, Vienna is returned in the output.
areaName4 String Not used.
postalCode String Austria uses a four-digit postal code system. The first two numbers indicate the sector and the last two numbers designate the delivery point within the sector.
country String The three-letter ISO 3166-1 Alpha-3 country code. For Austria, the country code is AUT. Required for forward geocoding.

Address Guidelines for Austria

Follow these guidelines to provide input that Spectrum™ Technology Platform can successfully geocode. For additional information on Austrian addresses, see the Austria Post website: www.post.at.

  • Required fields—Addresses must contain either a city or a postal code.
  • Thoroughfare types—Austrian thoroughfare types and their common abbreviations are recognized and fully supported on input and output.
  • Numbers, numeric equivalents, and ordinals—Numbered streets are mapped to the named equivalents. Ordinals are also recognized in input addresses.
  • Common words and abbreviations—Common words, directionals, house number indicators, and abbreviations used in addresses are recognized.
  • State abbreviations—State abbreviations are supported. The following table lists the Austrian states and their abbreviations.

    Burgenland

    Bgl

    Kärnten

    Ktn

    Niederösterreich

    NÖ

    Oberösterreich

    OÖ

    Salzburg

    Sbg

    Steiermark

    Stm

    Tirol

    Tirol

    Vorarlberg

    Vbg

    Wien

    Wien

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 Austria.

Output Fields

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

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 state.
areaName2 The district.
areaName3 The city or town.
areaName4 Not used.
postCode1 The 4-digit postal code.
postCode2 Not used.
country The three-letter ISO 3166-1 Alpha-3 country code. For Austria, the country code is AUT.
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 Austria does not have any custom output fields.