This list shows all changes of the API between releases like new features, significant improvements and bug fixes. We recommend that API developers periodically check it for updates.
Version 1.9.0
- Feature: Added suggestion functionality for /locations/by-text via the new /suggestions/by-text endpoint [PREVIEW].
Version 1.8.0
- Improvement: The endpoint /places/by-text delivers results ordered by distance to the center when places are searched with a circular search context. This includes, that the distance is added to the search result quality. In addition, a radius can be specified for a circular search context. A secondary search phase for the whole world is no longer executed.
Version 1.7.4
- Bugfix: The endpoint /places/place-categories returns now all categories which can be found by the places endpoints.
Version 1.7.1
- Improvement: The endpoint /places/by-position finds now places from all categories.
Version 1.7.0
- Feature: Added address field scores to search result quality on /locations/by-address and /locations/by-text endpoints.
Version 1.6.0
- Feature: Added suggestion functionality for /locations/by-address via the new /suggestions/by-address endpoint.
Version 1.5.6
- Improvement: On endpoint /locations/by-address, ignore words beyond the input word limit rather than rejecting the request.
Version 1.5.0
- Feature: Finding places like shops or points of interest by name.
Version 1.4.8
- Feature: Finding places in an area now supports a request parameter to specify the preferred language for the response.
Version 1.4.7
- Bugfix: After a timeout, searches abort faster.
Version 1.4.0
- Feature: Finding places like shops or points of interest in an area specified by a polyline.
Version 1.3.3
- Improvement: Renamed error codes 'GENERAL_ACCESS_DENIED' to 'GENERAL_UNAUTHENTICATED' and 'GENERAL_UNAUTHORIZED' to 'GENERAL_FORBIDDEN'.
Version 1.3.1
- Improvement: Missing postal code map data does affect the total score less.
Version 1.3.0
- Improvement: Added support for additional iana language tags.
- Improvement: If the results are ambiguous because only few input words are given (city, postal code), then we now return a longer list than before.
- Bugfix: Former implicit enum type Location.LocationTypeEnum is now explicitly specified as LocationType.
Version 1.2.10
- Bugfix: Fixed HTTP 500 on certain /places/by-position requests.
Version 1.2.9
- Improvement: If the input is too long, /locations/by-text now returns a warning and the result list is empty.
Version 1.2.8
- Feature: Improved FormattedAddress by choosing the format based on the country.
Version 1.2.0
- Feature: Location type extended by new types 'POINT_OF_INTEREST' and 'INTERSECTION'.
Version 1.1.0
- Feature: Finding locations based on an address: Filtering supports also country subdivisions.
Version 1.0.0
- Feature: Finding locations based on an address specified as a single-field text input.
- Feature: Finding locations based on an address specified as separate input fields.
- Feature: Finding locations near a specified geographical position.
- Feature: Finding places like shops or points of interest near a specified geographical position.
- Feature: Returning the list of available place categories.