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Verisk Synergy Studio location information schemes
Verisk Synergy Studio location information schemes
Verisk Synergy Studio supports one or more location information schemes for supplying non-street-level location data for exposures in each modeled country.
Verisk Synergy Studio geocoding for specific countries
When you supply location information for an exposure in the following countries, Verisk Synergy Studio uses a specific geocoding procedure.
Reverse geocoding
Supported reverse geocoding for countries that support updated geocoding.

What's new in Verisk Synergy Studio geocoding
Introduction to Verisk Synergy Studio geocoding
Verisk Synergy Studio uses its extensive geography database to geocode exposure locations, that is, to pinpoint these locations using latitude, longitude pairs.
Non-modeled countries in Verisk Synergy Studio
Location information schemes for non-modeled countries that you can import into Verisk Synergy Studio.
Find non-modeled countries
How to find the non-modeled countries and CRESTA codes that Verisk Synergy Studio supports for those countries.
Offshore regions
Import and add offshore exposure information for accumulation purposes.
Offshore wind turbines
Import and add offshore wind turbine information.
Premium international geocoding
Premium International Geocoding provides high-resolution geocoding that improved address-specific Verisk Synergy Studio loss, hazard, and geospatial analysis and risk management.
Geography vintage
Summarizes the geography vintage, by country, that is used within Verisk Synergy Studio.
Verisk Synergy Studio location information schemes
- Verisk Synergy Studio location information schemes
  Verisk Synergy Studio supports one or more location information schemes for supplying non-street-level location data for exposures in each modeled country.
  - Specifying location information
    Before importing exposure data into Verisk Synergy Studio, you must specify location information for each of your exposures.
  - Remapping
    Verisk Synergy Studio may remap a set of location data that you have entered to another set of location data in either of the following circumstances.
  - Verisk Synergy Studio geocoding for specific countries
    When you supply location information for an exposure in the following countries, Verisk Synergy Studio uses a specific geocoding procedure.
    - Area code formatting
      Validation of area-level data against supported formats.
    - Countries with new CRESTA code formats
      How Verisk Synergy Studio handles countries with new CRESTA code formats.
    - Centroid checking
      Validation of centroids when you choose to preserve user-provided geocodes upon import.
    - Reverse geocoding
      Supported reverse geocoding for countries that support updated geocoding.
    - Forward geocoding for select countries
      Rules for forward geocoding for select countries.
    - Upgrading and downgrading Verisk Synergy Studio exposure databases containing European locations
      When to re-geocode exposure data for European locations for early versions of Verisk Synergy Studio.
    - Upgrading and downgrading Verisk Synergy Studio exposure databases containing New Zealand locations
      When to re-geocode exposure data for New Zealand locations for early versions of Verisk Synergy Studio.
    - Upgrading and downgrading Verisk Synergy Studio exposure databases containing Caribbean locations
      When to re-geocode exposure data for Caribbean locations for early versions of Verisk Synergy Studio.
    - Upgrading and downgrading Verisk Synergy Studio exposure databases containing South African locations
      When to re-geocode exposure data for South African locations for early versions of Verisk Synergy Studio.
  - Troubleshooting location information input
    Potential causes of geocoding errors.
Country-specific location information schemes

Reverse geocoding

Supported reverse geocoding for countries that support updated geocoding.

For most countries, Verisk Synergy Studio performs point-in-polygon¹ at the highest resolution for which Verisk Synergy Studio has boundary data. If Verisk Synergy Studio does not find a containing boundary for the input geocode, Verisk Synergy Studio uses nearest neighbor² to find the closest of the boundaries with a 2 km tolerance. This tolerance accounts for the smoothing of borders and coastlines, as well as inland bodies of water that may be omitted from some shapes.

For United Kingdom and Israel postal codes, Verisk Synergy Studio does not use boundary data and, instead, uses available postal centroid data. In this case, Verisk Synergy Studio provides postal areas as points instead of shapes for reverse geocoding. Therefore, Verisk Synergy Studio begins and ends by using the nearest neighbor analysis on the postal centroids. In these cases, Verisk Synergy Studio expects more distance tolerance for points. Consequently, the tolerance is larger than that used for the boundary data and varies per country.

In either case, if Verisk Synergy Studio does not find a match, Verisk Synergy Studio proceeds to attempt to forward geocode using any other input area information that you have provided.

¹ An algorithm that uses spatial geography to determine the boundary within which a given geocode falls

² An algorithm that uses spatial geography to determine which boundary or point is closest to a given geocode