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Amount after accumulated impairment loss of an asset representing future economic benefits arising from other assets acquired in a business combination that are not individually identified and separately recognized.

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Amount of increase in asset representing future economic benefits arising from other assets acquired in a business combination that are not individually identified and separately recognized resulting from a business combination.

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Amount before accumulated impairment loss of an asset representing future economic benefits arising from other assets acquired in a business combination that are not individually identified and separately recognized.

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Amount of accumulated impairment loss for an asset representing future economic benefits arising from other assets acquired in a business combination that are not individually identified and separately recognized.

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Amount of loss from the write-down of an asset representing the future economic benefits arising from other assets acquired in a business combination that are not individually identified and separately recognized.

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Amount of other (increase) decrease of an asset representing the future economic benefits arising from other assets acquired in a business combination that are not individually identified and separately recognized.

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Amount of transfers of an asset representing the future economic benefits arising from other assets acquired in a business combination that are not individually identified and separately recognized among segments.

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Amount of increase (decrease) from foreign currency translation adjustments of an asset representing future economic benefits arising from other assets acquired in a business combination that are not individually identified and separately recognized.

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Goodwill (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Goodwill [Line Items]
Goodwill, Gross			$ 1,362,348us-gaap_GoodwillGross
Goodwill, Impaired, Accumulated Impairment Loss			(7,525)
Goodwill	1,780,758us-gaap_Goodwill	1,468,290us-gaap_Goodwill	1,354,823us-gaap_Goodwill
Goodwill, Acquired During Period	324,941us-gaap_GoodwillAcquiredDuringPeriod	55,788us-gaap_GoodwillAcquiredDuringPeriod
Goodwill, Translation Adjustments	(12,830)us-gaap_GoodwillTranslationAdjustments	(20,262)us-gaap_GoodwillTranslationAdjustments
Goodwill, Spacial Reclassification		0clgx_GoodwillSpacialReclassification
Goodwill, Transfers	77,616us-gaap_GoodwillTransfers
Goodwill, Other Changes	4,257us-gaap_GoodwillOtherChanges	325us-gaap_GoodwillOtherChanges
Goodwill, Impairment Loss	(3,900)us-gaap_GoodwillImpairmentLoss
Data and Analytics [Member]
Goodwill [Line Items]
Goodwill, Gross			708,577
Goodwill, Impaired, Accumulated Impairment Loss			(600)
Goodwill	957,329	688,842	707,977
Goodwill, Acquired During Period	285,801	26,846
Goodwill, Translation Adjustments	(12,527)	(20,262)
Goodwill, Spacial Reclassification		(26,044)
Goodwill, Other Changes	4,257	325
Goodwill, Impairment Loss	0
Technology and Processing Solutions [Member]
Goodwill [Line Items]
Goodwill, Gross			653,771
Goodwill, Impaired, Accumulated Impairment Loss			(6,925)
Goodwill	823,429	701,832	646,846
Goodwill, Acquired During Period	39,140	28,942
Goodwill, Translation Adjustments	(303)	0
Goodwill, Spacial Reclassification		26,044
Goodwill, Other Changes	0	0
Goodwill, Impairment Loss	(3,900)	(42,216)
Total [Member]
Goodwill [Line Items]
Goodwill		1,390,674
Teletrack [Member]
Goodwill [Line Items]
Goodwill, Transfers	0
Teletrack [Member] \| Data and Analytics [Member]
Goodwill [Line Items]
Goodwill, Transfers	(9,044)
Teletrack [Member] \| Technology and Processing Solutions [Member]
Goodwill [Line Items]
Goodwill	8,700	9,000
Goodwill, Transfers	9,044
S&S [Member] \| Technology and Processing Solutions [Member]
Goodwill [Line Items]
Goodwill	73,700
S&S [Member] \| Reclassification [Member] \| Data and Analytics [Member]
Goodwill [Line Items]
Goodwill, Transfers	0
S&S [Member] \| Reclassification [Member] \| Technology and Processing Solutions [Member]
Goodwill [Line Items]
Goodwill, Transfers	$ 77,616