Bing Maps Autosuggest is including census-designated places (CDP) as cities (locality)

ETSDGCS 5

Autosuggest results are bringing back census-designated places (CDPs). Since these are not actual cities, they are causing data validation issues in our data audits from our state department (South Carolina)

for example:

955 E Lee results in (see attachment) . Wade Hampton is not an actual city/town. It's a census designated place. (you can see such places by looking this CDP up via https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/search/names)

Can Autosuggest results exclude these localities that are not actual cities? or can a parameter be added to enable excluding them? Other CDPs we've encountered in our area: Berea, Five Forks, Gantt, Parker and Sans Souci, Wade Hampton and Welcome

2023-09-21_12-04

example code:

$.ajax({
    method: 'post',
    dataType: 'jsonp',
    jsonp: 'jsonp',
    url: 'https://dev.virtualearth.net/REST/v1/Autosuggest',
    data: {
        key: "our key", 
        query: request,
        includeEntityTypes: 'Address',
        userLocation: "[our location]",
        userMapView: [our map],
        maxResults: 10,
        userRegion: 'US',
        countryFilter: 'US'
    },

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LeelaRajeshSayana-MSFT 13,466 Reputation points

2023-09-22T01:05:55.7966667+00:00

Hi @ETSDGCS Greetings! Welcome to Microsoft Q&A forum. Thank you for posting this question here. We will check with the team on this issue and get back to you with more details. Please stay tuned to this thread for more information.
ETSDGCS 5 Reputation points

2023-09-22T13:31:31.4433333+00:00

thanks, looking forward to what you discover.
LeelaRajeshSayana-MSFT 13,466 Reputation points

2023-09-26T14:01:29.3133333+00:00

Hi @ETSDGCS Just a quick update that the team is still investigating this issue internally. I would keep you updated as soon as we have more information on this. I understand that this situation may have caused some inconvenience, and I want to express my gratitude for your efforts and patience in handling it. Please stay tuned to this thread for more updates in the next few days.
IoTGirl 2,976 Reputation points Microsoft Employee

2023-10-06T03:32:41.5966667+00:00

Hi @ETSDGCS ,

The team is indeed looking at this issue but to set expectations, it can take more than a month for a data fix to be reflected in the AutoSuggest experience because it is a trained model. That means that the training set needs to be ingested and the experience retrained then deployed and that is why such fixes can take what might seem and unreasonable amount of time. I have validated that as of today the issue is still occurring.

Sincerely,

IoTGirl
ETSDGCS 5 Reputation points

2023-10-06T12:19:37.0433333+00:00

@IoTGirl Thanks for the reply. It is appreciated. We understand and look forward to when the issue is resolved. Based on your response, it sounds like the issue was confirmed and is actually being addressed and that we can expect to see it fixed in the next couple of months possibly?
LeelaRajeshSayana-MSFT 13,466 Reputation points

2023-10-10T19:56:03.77+00:00

Hi @ETSDGCS Yes, your understanding is correct. The team could replicate the issue and are working on a fix. The fix could roll out in a month. We will update the thread to notify you once the fix is released. Thank you for your patience.

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IoTGirl 2,976 Reputation points Microsoft Employee

2023-10-17T16:17:42.0733333+00:00

Hi @ETSDGCS

I am no longer able to repro using https://www.bing.com/api/maps/sdkrelease/mapcontrol/isdk/autosuggestui . Can you please validate that this is fixed for you as well?

Sincerely,

IoTGirl
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ETSDGCS 5 Reputation points

2023-10-23T19:59:07.6333333+00:00

Still showing Wade Hampton as a city, which it is not.

IoTGirl 2,976 Reputation points Microsoft Employee

2023-10-25T18:55:56.92+00:00

Ok I have sent them this sample. Can you confirm that the next one in the list is the expected result?

ETSDGCS 5 Reputation points

2023-10-25T19:00:08.55+00:00

@IoTGirl Yes, the next in the list that has Taylors, SC is the expected result. Taylors is an actual city/town.

IoTGirl 2,976 Reputation points Microsoft Employee

2023-10-25T19:05:58.4966667+00:00

Thanks! I will update the issue report with this detail

IoTGirl 2,976 Reputation points Microsoft Employee

2023-10-25T19:22:01.4433333+00:00

Oh, but the duplicate issue, that is gone right?

ETSDGCS 5 Reputation points

2023-10-26T12:17:56.0333333+00:00

There was never a "duplicate issue". The issue is that Autosuggest results are bringing back census-designated places (CDPs) as if they are cities, but they are not.

Nothing in this post mentions a duplicate issue. I think you are confused.

I see how the screenshot sort of shows duplicates, but this is not the issue I posted about. The census designated place issue the bigger issue here.

IoTGirl 2,976 Reputation points Microsoft Employee

2024-03-29T16:45:37.2766667+00:00

Sorry this took so long but the last of the Census designated places should be gone as well as the duplication issue along side it. We get data from a number of different feeds and this was coming from more than one source.
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ETSDGCS 5 Reputation points

2024-04-02T14:56:40.1033333+00:00

No, it's still not fixed. still showing through the API call and on bing maps website.
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ETSDGCS 5 Reputation points

2024-04-02T14:57:21.52+00:00

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