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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.
Specifying location information
Before importing exposure data into Verisk Synergy Studio, you must specify location information for each of your exposures.

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.
    - Expected location information types
      When supplying location information, you can specify either location names or the corresponding location codes.
    - Importance of specifying codes
      While your location data may include both location names and location codes, Verisk recommends specifying location codes whenever possible.
    - Supplying non-street-level location data
      Verisk Synergy Studio uses its area information database to match location data that you input at a specific geocode match level.
    - Supplying U.S. street-level address data
      Verisk Synergy Studio now uses the Verisk US GeoPin Geocoder as the default solution for U.S. street address geocoding.
    - Disaggregation
      Verisk Synergy Studio handles disaggregation as part of loss analyses, not as part of import and geocoding processes.
    - Premium International Geocoding
      Premium International Geocoding is an optional, licensed feature for high-resolution, address/street level geocoding.
    - Supplying geocodes
      If you choose to include and retain (that is, preserve) specific geocodes (and the corresponding country codes) for exposures, Verisk Synergy Studio uses these geocodes directly.
    - Geocoding with country and city data
      For certain countries and cities, Verisk Synergy Studio can geocode locations that were imported with only country and city data.
    - Resolution precedence
      Verisk Synergy Studio geocodes at highest resolution possible with available data for a country and model.
  - 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.
  - Troubleshooting location information input
    Potential causes of geocoding errors.
Country-specific location information schemes

Specifying location information

Before importing exposure data into Verisk Synergy Studio, you must specify location information for each of your exposures.

Verisk Synergy Studio supports one or more location information schemes for each supported country. For each exposure, you choose the desired location information scheme and then supply the corresponding location information.

Import exposure data into Verisk Synergy Studio using comma-separated values (CSV) files by selecting Actions > Data Management > Import in the upper right corner of the All Exposure Views pane.

When creating the CSV files to contain the exposures that you want to import, choose the desired location information scheme for each exposure and then add the country, CRESTA, area, subarea, postal area, subarea 2, city, address, and/or geocode¹.

Note:

To omit a location field for an exposure, leave this field blank. do not specify 0 or X as a placeholder for this field.
When managing CSV files in Excel, set the CRESTACode column format to text instead of numeric so that CRESTA codes with trailing zeroes are retained. For example, with a column format of text, the number 4.10 remains 4.10, instead of being incorrectly changed to 4.1.

If you supply country, CRESTA, area, subarea, postal area, and/or subarea 2 data, Verisk Synergy Studio interprets this data and provides the geocode of the appropriate centroid, based on the resolution level of the data that you have included.

The remainder of this document describes the types of location information needed and the level of resolution that you can achieve for each of the various location information schemes for each of the countries that Verisk Synergy Studio supports.

¹ You can include a geocode (that is, a latitude/longitude pair) for an exposure directly in your import data. Alternately, if you provide street-level data for United States locations, the Verisk Synergy Studio geocoder produces the corresponding latitude/longitude combinations.