15.2 Geocoding in the Background

When your application runs on Autonomous Database, you can geocode addresses in the background in:

• Workflows – using a native activity,
• Execution chain processes – using a native page process, or
• Automations – using a native Server-side Geocoding action type.

You configure the address to match as a:

• single, unstructured address field, or
• set of structured address fields, each providing one part of the address.

After configuring the one or more address items, specify either or both of these options:

• Coordinates Item to receive a GeoJSON point with coordinates of the best match, or
• Collection Name to process the possibly multiple matching addresses.

Tip:

When using the unstructured address, remember to include the ISO 2-letter abbreviation of the country at the end of the address value to geocode.

• Selecting Items for Server-side Geocoding
  
• Referencing Coordinates Item Values
  
• Processing Collection of Matches
  
• Configuring Match Mode
  When doing server-side geocoding with a structure address, your choice of match mode influences how strict to be.