Bahamas (BHS)

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

Supported Geocoding Datasets

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

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
HERE English Yes Yes No Yes Yes No No

Supported Operations

The following operations are supported for Bahamas:
  • 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:

Mickey St
Nassau, New Providence
areaName1 String Specifies the district. Optional.
areaName2 String Not used.
areaName3 String Specifies the city or town. Using a town alias is also supported.
areaName4 String Not used.
postalCode String Not used - the Bahamas does not have a postal code system.
country String The three-letter ISO 3166-1 Alpha-3 country code. For the Bahamas, the country code is BHS. Required for forward geocoding.

Address Guidelines for the Bahamas

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 Bahamian addresses, see the Postal Service in the Bahamas website: http://bahamas-guide.info/travel.basics/postal.services/

  • Required fields—Addresses must contain a city. Postal codes are not used in Bahamas.
  • Thoroughfare types—Thoroughfare types and their common abbreviations are recognized and fully supported on input and output.
  • Common words and abbreviations—The geocoder recognizes common words, directionals, house number indicators, and abbreviations used in addresses and can geocode these addresses successfully.

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:

[address_number][street_info][area_name_3][area_name_1]

Where:
  • [address_number] is optional.
  • [street_info] consists of the street name, street type and any unit type, unit value or pre- or post-directional information (for example, East, West, etc.).
  • [area_name_3] is the city.
  • [area_name_1] is the district.

For best results, put a comma between street information and the lastline (for example, city and postal) information.

Custom Options

There are no options specific to the Bahamas.

Output Fields

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

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 District.
areaName2 Not used.
areaName3 City or town.
areaName4 Not used.
postCode1 Not used.
postCode2 Not used.
country The three-letter ISO 3166-1 Alpha-3 country code. For the Bahamas, the country code is BHS.
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 The Bahamas does not have any custom output fields.