Slovakia (SVK)

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

Supported Geocoding Datasets

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

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 Slovakian Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Supported Operations

The following operations are supported for Slovakia:
  • 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:

Tatranská Lomnica 121
062 01 Vysoké Tatry
areaName1 String Not used.
areaName2 String Specifies the town. Optional.
areaName3 String Specifies the city or town. Optional.
areaName4 String Specifies the locality or alias. Optional.
postalCode String Specifies the 5-digit postal code. It is typical for the postal code to have a space between the third and fourth digits. Optional.
country String The three-letter ISO 3166-1 Alpha-3 country code. For Slovakia, the country code is SVK. Required for forward geocoding.

Land Registry Number (LRN)

The Slovakia geocoder supports Land Registry Numbers (LRN) as part of the input address. Matching to LRN is important to users who want to accurately locate buildings in a cadaster district. The LRN along with the house number determine whether a match is made. Both the LRN and house number must be correct to return candidates.

The LRN is included as part of the input street address along with the house number and location in AddressLine1. The LRN and house number are separated by \, / or -. LRN is a numeric value and house number can be an alphanumeric value. The following table includes examples for each type of separator. Notice that the LRN code is returned in a new field LRNCode and is not part of AddressLine1.

Input AddressLine1 Output Candidate

Jedlíková 3425/21 Žilina 01015

AddressLine1 Jedlíková 21

LastLine 01015 Žilina

Geocoder.MatchCode S8HPNTSCZA

LRNCode 3425

Jadranská 3350\34A Bratislava 84101

AddressLine1 Jadranská 34A

LastLine 84101 Bratislava

Geocoder.MatchCode S8HPNTSCZA

LRNCode 3350

Kresankova 3582-7C Bratislava 84105

AddressLine1 Kresankova 7C

LastLine 84105 Bratislava

Geocoder.MatchCode S8HPNTSCZA

LRNCode 3582

Address Guidelines for Slovakia

Follow these suggestions to ensure that your input address data is in the best format possible for optimum matching and geocoding. For additional information about the Slovakian postal system, see the Slovakia Post website: http://www.posta.sk/.

  • Required fields—Addresses must contain a street name and either a town or a postal code.
  • Abbreviations in addresses—The geocoder recognizes common words, directionals, house number indicators, and abbreviations used in addresses and can geocode these addresses successfully.
  • Numbers, Numeric Equivalents, and Ordinals—Numbered streets are mapped to the named equivalents. Ordinals are also recognized in input addresses.

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 Slovakia.

Output Fields

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

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 Not used.
areaName2 The town.
areaName3 The city or town.
areaName4 The locality or alias.
postCode1 The 5-digit postal code.
postCode2 Not used.
country The three-letter ISO 3166-1 Alpha-3 country code. For Slovakia, the country code is SVK.
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 LRNCode field contains the Land Registry (LRN) code on return of a match candidate. It is not returned as part of AddressLine1 even though it is input as part of the AddressLine1.