Status Descriptions

The Placekey geocoder status indicates the precision and method used to determine the location. The status will be returned with the latitude and longitude for each request will be returned in the location_type field. Below are the possible statuses:

  • ROOFTOP: The geocode is located within the polygon of the corresponding building at the address.

  • PARCEL: The geocode is located within 20 meters of the corresponding building at the address.

  • APPROXIMATE: The geocode is located at the address but is greater than 20 meters from a structure.

  • RANGE_INTERPOLATED: The geocode is inferred from surrounding addresses.

    • street_name + primary_number: The geocode takes the surrounding 30 addresses on the street with respect to city, state, region, etc.

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