Dear Customer,
please be advised that new releases of the HERE Location Services are now available on the Production environment (PRD).
These releases include updates of: Routing API, Geocoding and Search API, Map API for Java Script, Transit API, Intermodal API and HERE SDK for Android, iOS and Flutter.
For more detailed information about the major improvements of the HERE Location Services, see the sections below.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION regarding new license terms for Location Services on Platform*:
For some of our new Location Services made available on Platform, we have changed the Transaction
definitions in your current contract with HERE. This will impact all existing Location Services customers
that have a contract with a license term based on Transactions such as Location Mapping when they
start using Location Services on Platform.
By continuing to use the Location Services on Platform, you accept the new terms.
The changes are the following:
| Category | Feature | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| Previous | Geocoder Autocomplete or Places Autosuggest | No Charge |
| New | Geocoding and Search Autosuggest or Autocomplete | One Transaction is counted for every 10 Requests |
| Previous | Intermodal Park and Ride | One Transaction is counted for each returned alternative Intermodal Route(s) set by the Customer for the intermodal max parameter in the API request. If the system determines that there are no available Park and Ride routes, the Request is still counted as one Transaction |
| New | Intermodal Park and Ride | One Transaction is counted for each returned alternative Intermodal Route(s) set by the Customer for the intermodal alternative’ parameter in the API request. If the system determines that there are no available Park and Ride routes, the Request is still counted as one Transaction |
| New | Vector Tiles | One Transaction is counted for every 5 Requests |
| Previous | Isoline Routing | One Transaction means one Request |
| New | Isoline Routing | One Transaction equals each individual Isoline within an Isoline Request |
| Large Scale Matrix Routing and Matrix Routing included in Routing API will be merged into Matrix Routing API V8 | ||
| Previous | Large Scale Matrix Routing | One Transaction is counted for every 20 Elements in a Large-scale Matrix Routing API Request. The number of Elements equals the number of start points times the number of destination points. Large-Scale Matrix Routing Requests generating less than 100,000 individual elements are always counted as 5,000 Transactions |
| New | Matrix Routing V8 | • Small matrices, where either the number of Starting Points or number of Destination Points is Limited to 15x100 size and 100x1 are calculated by multiplying the number of Starting Points by the number of Destination Points • Large matrices, where the number of Starting Points and number of Destination Points are more, the number of Transactions is calculated by multiplying the greater of the number of Starting Points and the number of Destination Points by 15 |
| Previous | Matrix Routing | One Transaction is counted for each start point Request |
| New | Matrix Routing V8 | • Small matrices, where either the number of Starting Points or number of Destination Points is Limited to 15x100 size and 100x1 are calculated by multiplying the number of Starting Points by the number of Destination Points • Large matrices, where the number of Starting Points and number of Destination Points are more the number of Transactions is calculated by multiplying the greater of the number of Starting Points and the number of Destination Points by 15 |
*Location Services on Platform are the latest major releases such as Geocoding and Search API V7, Routing, Matrix Routing, Isoline Routing, Transit and Intermodal API´s V8 and Vector Tile API V2
HERE Location Services on Platform
Routing
Version 8.9.1
- allowHighway option for scooters
- Guidance in routing: toward attribute to RoadInfo used for turnByTurnActions
- Machine Learning based ETAs in 5 cities
- Bicycle mode in matrix routing
- Charge aware EV Routing - alternative routes supported
Geocoding and Search
Version 7.0.57
- Autosuggest, Discover, and Geocode endpoints support intersection search.
- Intersection queries contain two street names, for example,
5th Ave @ E 82nd St New York
. - Results are of new resultType
intersection
. Results provide the street names in thestreets
list.
- Intersection queries contain two street names, for example,
- Autosuggest and Discover endpoints support the search for 7-digit UK postal codes
- These UK postal codes are high precision postal code points assigned to a single or small number of addresses.
- Results are of new resultType
postalCodePoint
.
- Autosuggest and Discover endpoints support geo-coordinate queries in sexagesimal degrees (degrees, minutes, seconds, for example,
48°51'29.7
N 2°17'40.2E
) or decimal degrees (48.8582,2.2945
). - Autosuggest and Discover endpoints support German
Sparkasse
chain queries. - Autosuggest, Browse, Discover, and Lookup endpoints provide Parkopedia references in place results where applicable.
- Increased geocoding accuracy for Canada queries by recognizing and parsing out secondary unit information.
- All endpoints support X-Request-ID header. This ID is useful for customers who want to track their queries.
Transit
Version 8.0
- Fares and Price description attribute updated
Intermodal Routing
Version 8.01
- Bike + Transit Intermodal routing expanded, now supporting PrivateBike routing in combination with Transit (in addition to SharedBike already available)
Maps API for Java Script
Version 3.1.19.2
- Further improvements to the Japan map style
- Performance improvement: the tile caching strategy was significantly changed
HERE SDK for Android, iOS and Flutter Lite Edition
Version 4.5.2
- Added Scooter routing
HERE SDK for Android, iOS and Flutter Explore Edition
Version 5.5.2
- Added Scooter routing
- Dedicated variant for Japan available (please contact you HERE Account Executive for access)
- Dedicated backends with Japan content
- Japan-specific map styles
HERE SDK for Android and iOS and Flutter Navigate Edition
Version 4.5.2
- Added Lane Assistance
- Added Scooter routing
Kind regards
HERE Platform for Business Team
