EMS : Get Detail Services

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These five services provide details about a specified location.

Service name

Description

Get details by postcode

Returns details about one or more locations, based on postcode or ID

Get details by region

Returns details about one or more locations, based on region name or ID

Get details by state

Returns details about one or more locations, based on state name or ID

Get details by suburb

Returns details about one or more locations, based on suburb name or ID

Get details by ID

Returns details about any location, based on its ID. Works for all types of location, from property to state

The Get details by ID service returns a geocode object. By default, the other four services return the longitude and latitude at the centrePoint of the specified location. Use the levelOfDetail parameter to retrieve additional information about the specified location, such as adjacent suburbs and boundary geometry.

NOTES

Level of detail is not supported by Get details by ID. However, postcode, region, state and suburb detail services are also able to return locations by ID.

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For details of common datatypes, sent and returned, please refer to the object index.