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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.

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

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.


Austria Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Aruba Bahamas Bahrain Barbados Bermuda Belgium Bonaire and Sint Eustatius and Saba Bulgaria Cayman Islands Cuba Curacao Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Dominica Dominican Republic Estonia Finland France (including Monaco) Germany	Greece Grenada Guadeloupe Haiti Hungary Ireland Italy Israel Jamaica Japan Jordan Kuwait Latvia Lebanon Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Martinique Montserrat Netherlands New Zealand	Norway Oman Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Qatar Romania Saint Barthelemy Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Sint Maarten Saint Martin Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Saudi Arabia Slovakia Slovenia Sweden Switzerland Trinidad and Tobago Turks and Caicos Turkey United Arab Emirates (UAE) United Kingdom United States Virgin Islands British Virgin Islands (US)

Verisk Synergy Studio uses the following procedure to geocode locations in these countries:

Area code formatting

Verisk Synergy Studio checks the provided location data to see if the input data matches the expected country-specific code formatting rules. If Verisk Synergy Studio cannot fit the provided location data to the expected code formats, then Verisk Synergy Studio considers this input data as names instead of codes.
Centroid checking

Verisk Synergy Studio compares the provided geocode to the current centroid of the highest-resolution provided area code.
Reverse geocoding

Verisk Synergy Studio fits the provided geocode spatially to the boundary data to determine the boundary within which the geocode falls and back fills the related codes and names.

Note: Reverse geocoding is the process of looking up geographic information based on a given input geocode.
(Forward) geocoding

Verisk Synergy Studio finds the best, unique match geography using the provided area information and assigns the related centroid.

Note: Forward geocoding is the process of finding a latitude and longitude coordinate pair based on provided geographic input information (CRESTA, area, subarea, etc.).
Geography returned
Verisk Synergy Studio returns the matched geography information for the location.