Search API Release Notes
Overview
This TomTom Release Notes page records the release date with changes and bug fixes associated with a product release. The release dates are in descending order starting with the most recent update. Map data is released once a week.
Release date: 2025.04.18
Changes:
- Fuzzy Search
- Added the
EPP
value to theidxSet
parameter. This value lets you find exact points of extended postal codes in some countries, such as the United Kingdom, Ireland, and the Netherlands. TheExtended Postal Point
result provides the coordinate, extended postal code, local name, street name and entry points from the road.
- Added the
Release date: 2025.03.14
Changes:
- Geometry Search
- Added the geo-biasing parameter, which allows the specification of search geobias (location preferences) in various shapes.
Release date: 2023.06.27
Changes:
- All Search service endpoints
- Fuel stations now have a
vehicleTypes
response field, which contains the supported vehicle types.
- Fuel stations now have a
- Place by ID
- Fuel stations now have a
vehicleTypes
response field, which contains the supported vehicle types.
- Fuel stations now have a
Release date: 2023.04.19
Changes:
- Fuzzy Search
- Geo biasing parameter had been introduced, which allows to specify search geobias (location preference) in different shapes
- Points of Interest Search
- Geo biasing parameter had been introduced, which allows to specify search geobias (location preference) in different shapes
- Category Search
- Geo biasing parameter had been introduced, which allows to specify search geobias (location preference) in different shapes
Release date: 2023.03.15
Changes:
- Along Route Search
- A Primary use cases documentation section is now provided. It covers the two basic modes that you can utilize the service for.
Release date: 2023.02.06
Changes:
- All Search service endpoints
- Fuel stations now have a
fuelTypes
response field, which contains the available fuel types.
- Fuel stations now have a
- Place by ID
- Fuel stations now have a
fuelTypes
response field, which contains the available fuel types.
- Fuel stations now have a
Release date: 2022.12.01
Changes:
- Fuzzy Search
- The
summary
contains an arrayqueryIntent
. - We detect 4 different query intents: coordinate, nearby, bookmark queries, and what3words addresses.
- The
Release date: 2022.09.06
Changes:
- Geometry Search
- Added support for
lat
andlon
parameters in Geometry Search. - When these are provided, results are biased to this position, the response contains the
geoBias
field, and every result has adist
field.
- Added support for
Release date: 2022.07.18
Changes:
- Removed Low Bandwidth Search: End of support.
Release date: 2022.05.09
Changes:
- All Search API endpoints
- Added region-specific content for South Korea.
- As part of the changes the Supported Language reference list was updated to include Korean Latin and Hangul scripts.
Release date: 2021.03.05
Changes:
- Fuzzy Search
- Response object for geographies of type
PostalCodeArea
in the USA has a new fieldpostalName
, which represents the name for a postal code that is related to a single administrative area, city, town, or other populated place. - The field
freeFormAddress
ofPostalCodeArea
in the USA will containpostalName
.
- Response object for geographies of type
- Geometry Search
- Added
postalName
field toPostalCodeArea
geography response object in the USA. - This represents the name for a postal code that is related to a single administrative area, city, town, or other populated place.
- The field
freeFormAddress
ofPostalCodeArea
in the USA will containpostalName
.
- Added
Release date: 2021.02.16
Changes:
- Fuzzy Search
- Response
address
object has a newcountrySubdivisionCode
field in line with ISO 3166-2.
- Response
- Geometry Search
- Response
address
object has a newcountrySubdivisionCode
field in line with ISO 3166-2.
- Response
Release date: 2021.01.20
Changes:
- Autocomplete
- Results with low relevance are removed from the response.
Release date: 2021.01.07
Changes:
- All Search service endpoints
- In USA, the
LocalName
is aligned with postal city/town names.
- In USA, the
- Place by ID
- In USA, the
LocalName
is aligned with postal city/town names.
- In USA, the
Release date: 2020.12.08
Changes:
- Fuzzy Search
- New
entityTypeSet
parameter that can be used to restrict the result to a specific entity type.
- New
- Geometry Search
- New
entityTypeSet
parameter that can be used to restrict the result to a specific entity type.
- New
- Autocomplete
- Brands and categories are boosted according to popularity.
Release date: 2020.09.10
Changes:
- Fuzzy Search
- Add
StreetName
andHouseNumber
information to data about EV charging stations.
- Add
- Points of Interest Search
- Add
StreetName
andHouseNumber
information to data about EV charging stations.
- Add
- Category Search
- Add
StreetName
andHouseNumber
information to data about EV charging stations.
- Add
- Nearby Search
- Add
StreetName
andHouseNumber
information to data about EV charging stations.
- Add
- Along Route Search
- Add
StreetName
andHouseNumber
information to data about EV charging stations.
- Add