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Release Notes – Geocoder.ca V_Jan_2024

• Gist: Pricing Changes, Better Accuracy, faster performance, stability.

Pricing Changes

• For the first time since 2004, we are increasing our per credit pricing from $0.0025 per credit to $0.005USD per credit. (Rate limit: remains up to 10 per sec.) A lot of changes in the past 20 years, including inflation.
• Unlimited credits: $1000USD per month (unlimited access to all API endpoints. Rate limit: up to 10 per sec.)
• Canadian Postal Code Dataset: $808CAD one time fee + $100CAD per month for updates and more data format options (optional - the dataset is updated on the 1st day of each month).

How do these changes impact existing customers?

• Unless otherwise agreed, the new pricing will take effect for existing subscription customers from 1 June 2023. We will be in touch by email with all current geocoding subscription customers who are impacted by these changes.

geocoder.ca API

• The autocomplete API will also return "PO Box" matches depending on the input.
• You can geocode points on interest as well as street addresses.
• You may use both 'geonumberas well aslatitude,longitude` arguments for reverse geocoding.