Brunei Darussalam (BRN)

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

Supported Geocoding Datasets

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

Note: Custom User Dictionaries are supported.
  City Centroid Suburb/Village Centroid Postal Centroid Street Centroid Interpolated Street Address Point-level Address Point of Interest
TomTom Malaysian Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No

Supported Operations

The following operations are supported for Brunei Darussalam:
  • 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 Not used.
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:

Simpang 637-84
Bandar Seri Begawan BB1114
areaName1 String Not used.
areaName2 String Specifies the district. Optional.
areaName3 String Specifies the town. Optional.
     
areaName4 String Specifies the locality. Optional.
postalCode String Specifies the 6 alphanumeric (2 letters, 4 digits) postal code. The first letter represents the district; the second is the mukim (group of villages). The next 2 digits indicate the village, and the last 2 digits, the delivery point. Optional.
country String The three-letter ISO 3166-1 Alpha-3 country code. For Brunei Darussalam, the country code is BRN. Required for forward geocoding.

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][area][postal_code]

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

For best results, put a comma between the street information and the area information.

Custom Options

There are no options specific to Brunei Darussalam.

Output Fields

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

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 Not used.
areaName1 Not used.
areaName2 The district.
areaName3 The town.
areaName4 The locality.
postCode1 The 6-alphanumeric postal code.
postCode2 Not used.
country The three-letter ISO 3166-1 Alpha-3 country code. For Brunei Darussalam, the country code is BRN.
addressNumber Not used.
streetName The street or road name.
unitType The unit type such as APT, STE, etc.
unitValue The unit value/number, such as "3B".
customFields Brunei Darussalam does not have any custom output fields.