Start and end address, saved addresses and clients

How does a trip get an address?

For the first and the last point of the trip, the app first checks your own addresses: if the point is within the range of a saved address, that is the address. After that the app looks for a previously used address within 40 meters.

If there is no known address, the app sends the start and end point of the trip to Nominatim, OpenStreetMap’s address search service, and turns the answer into a new address. Such an automatic address has the type General and does not appear in your address list.

Without internet the app fills in the addresses later, when you refresh the trip overview.

Saved addresses and clients

An address has one of seven types: Home, Work, Visit address, Business visit, General, Client and Train station. For each address you set a range of 10 to 200 meters, 50 by default.

• The app uses Home and Work to recognize commuting, and Train station for train trips. See category.
• The app uses Client for your hours claim, the client declaration and the client filter. See working hours and claiming.

You save an automatic address as a saved address by pressing and holding it in the trip list. It then applies to all trips with that address.

Searching for or choosing an address

When you edit an address, you search by name or street. The text you type goes to Mapbox for suggestions from three characters.

For a trip you add yourself, the address field works the same way, with Mapbox suggestions.