1. Administration Guide
  2. Geo-coding and External Distance/Time

Geo-coding and External Distance/Time

Geo-coding a location refers to setting the latitude and longitude (lat/lon) coordinates on the location. The lat/lon is necessary for displaying locations on a map. Oracle Transportation and Global Trade Management has two methods for geo-coding a location. One option is to configure an external distance engine. The other option is to load data into the geo_postal_point or geo_cityprov_point tables.

Oracle Maps Cloud

Oracle Maps Cloud is available as an external distance engine. In order to use the Oracle Maps Cloud External Distance Engine, configure the following properties:

  • OracleSpatial.host=elocation.oracle.com
  • OracleSpatial.port=7777
Note: The "glog.ExternalDistanceEngine.OracleSpatialEngine.protocol" is set to "https" by default and should not be modified. For more details on configuring Oracle Maps Cloud, see the "External Distance Engines" help topic.

PC Miler Web Service

PC Miler Web Service is an external distance engine which can be used for geo-coding and distance calculation. Oracle Transportation and Global Trade Management can be configured to use the PC Miler Service for distance and time calculation. Before you can use PC Miler Web service, you must set the corresponding ExternalDistanceEngine Properties. In order to use the PCMiler web services, you will need to obtain a license key from ALK and set the following property:

  • glog.ExternalDistanceEngine.PCMilerWS.AuthorizationKey

This property should be added to the CUSTOM Property Set. Refer to the "Property Sets" section of this document for information on how to set properties.

Note: The "glog.ExternalDistanceEngine.PCMilerWS.WCFWebserviceWSDLUrl" property is set by default and should not be changed. For more details, see the "Configuring PCMiler Web Services" help topic.

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PC Miler Rail Web Service

PC Miler Rail Web Service is an external distance engine that can be used for distance calculation for rail. Oracle Transportation and Global Trade Management can be configured to use the PC Miler Rail Service for distance calculation between Rail Stations or SPLCs or City Province. Before you can use PC Miler Rail Web service, you must set the corresponding ExternalDistanceEngine Properties. In order to use the PC Miler Rail web services, you will need to obtain a license key from ALK and set the following property: glog.ExternalDistanceEngine.PCMilerRailWS.AuthorizationKey

This property should be added to the CUSTOM Property Set. Refer to the “Property Sets” section of this document for information on how to set properties.

Note: The "glog.ExternalDistanceEngine.PCMilerRailWS.WsdlUrl" property is set by default and should not be changed. For more details, see the "Configuring PC*MILER RAIL Web Services" help topic.

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HERE

HERE is an external distance engine which can be used for geo-coding, distance and time calculation. Before you can use HERE REST API, you must set these HERE properties.

You will need to specify authentication credentials through properties defined below:

  • here.app_id
  • here.app_code

You will need to specify geo-coding URL through properties defined below:

here.geocode.host=http://geocoder.api.here.com/6.2/geocode.xml

You will need to specify routing URL for distance and time calculation through properties defined below:

here.route.host=https://route.api.here.com/routing/7.2/calculateroute.xml

This property should be added to the CUSTOM Property Set. Refer to the “Property Sets” section of this document for information on how to set properties.

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