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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.
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.

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.
      - Verisk Synergy Studio geocode match levels for user-supplied geocodes
        Supported geocode match levels for "user-supplied" geocodes.
    - 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

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.

Note:

For Hong Kong only: If you want to use CSV files to import and retain user-supplied geocodes for locations, do not map any location-related fields during import other than those containing the country, latitude, and longitude information. That is, do not map the CRESTA, area, subarea, postal, or subarea2 fields in your import CSV file to the corresponding fields in the Verisk Synergy Studio exposure database. Verisk Synergy Studio automatically back fills this location information with the closest supported area, subarea, and/or postal information.

If you supply (and preserve) geocodes as input data, Verisk Synergy Studio uses these user-supplied geocodes directly in loss analyses. Further, if you do not map any additional geographic fields (other than country) in your import file to fields in the Verisk Synergy Studio exposure database, Verisk Synergy Studio performs a lookup of each geocode that you supply and attempts to find the highest supported area resolution using Point-in-Polygon method. If Verisk Synergy Studio finds a match, it back fills as much additional location information as possible for the corresponding exposure. For example, if you supply a geocode for an exposure, Verisk Synergy Studio back fills this location information with the supported area, subarea, and/or postal information. In this case, Verisk Synergy Studio adds this additional location information to the exposure record for the location that you have input using just a geocode. Note that the supported area, subarea, postal, and other back filled information may differ from exact location information for the geocode that you have entered. However, also note that Verisk Synergy Studio may need to back fill this information to meet the model requirements in order to perform analyses.

Verisk Synergy Studio validates the supplied latitude/longitude to confirm that it actually exists in the specified country. Therefore, you might see an error if, for example, you have transposed the latitude and longitude or omitted the negative value required for certain directions.