Search API Release Notes

Service version: 2
Last edit: 2025.04.18

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 the idxSet parameter. This value lets you find exact points of extended postal codes in some countries, such as the United Kingdom, Ireland, and the Netherlands. The Extended Postal Point result provides the coordinate, extended postal code, local name, street name and entry points from the road.

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.
  • Place by ID
    • Fuel stations now have a vehicleTypes response field, which contains the supported vehicle types.

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:

Release date: 2023.02.06

Changes:

  • All Search service endpoints
    • Fuel stations now have a fuelTypes response field, which contains the available fuel types.
  • Place by ID
    • Fuel stations now have a fuelTypes response field, which contains the available fuel types.

Release date: 2022.12.01

Changes:

  • Fuzzy Search
    • The summary contains an array queryIntent.
    • We detect 4 different query intents: coordinate, nearby, bookmark queries, and what3words addresses.

Release date: 2022.09.06

Changes:

  • Geometry Search
    • Added support for lat and lon parameters in Geometry Search.
    • When these are provided, results are biased to this position, the response contains the geoBias field, and every result has a dist field.

Release date: 2022.07.18

Changes:

  • Removed Low Bandwidth Search: End of support.

Release date: 2022.05.09

Changes:

Release date: 2021.03.05

Changes:

  • Fuzzy Search
    • Response object for geographies of type PostalCodeArea in the USA has a new field postalName, 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 of PostalCodeArea in the USA will contain postalName.
  • Geometry Search
    • Added postalName field to PostalCodeArea 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 of PostalCodeArea in the USA will contain postalName.

Release date: 2021.02.16

Changes:

  • Fuzzy Search
    • Response address object has a new countrySubdivisionCode field in line with ISO 3166-2.
  • Geometry Search
    • Response address object has a new countrySubdivisionCode field in line with ISO 3166-2.

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.
  • Place by ID
    • In USA, the LocalName is aligned with postal city/town names.

Release date: 2020.12.08

Changes:

  • Fuzzy Search
    • New entityTypeSet parameter that can be used to restrict the result to a specific entity type.
  • Geometry Search
    • New entityTypeSet parameter that can be used to restrict the result to a specific entity type.
  • Autocomplete
    • Brands and categories are boosted according to popularity.

Release date: 2020.09.10

Changes:

  • Fuzzy Search
    • Add StreetName and HouseNumber information to data about EV charging stations.
  • Points of Interest Search
    • Add StreetName and HouseNumber information to data about EV charging stations.
  • Category Search
    • Add StreetName and HouseNumber information to data about EV charging stations.
  • Nearby Search
    • Add StreetName and HouseNumber information to data about EV charging stations.
  • Along Route Search
    • Add StreetName and HouseNumber information to data about EV charging stations.