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A code of letters and digits used as part of a postal address to aid the sorting of mail

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Creating polygons from points with postal codes in QGIS

I've got a collection of postal codes from all over the country. These are points. I need to determine the polygon areas from these points, for each of the postal codes. That is: for example, I have a ...
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Displaying specific set of zip codes (polygons) on map in QGIS

For my thesis, I would like to highlight the service region of a parcel delivery company in a city in The Netherlands. I recently downloaded QGIS and apart from some tutorials, I don't have a lot of ...
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Splitting whole map of Singapore into different postal sectors [closed]

I am trying to construct a map like this below using QGIS (without the number overlay): Currently, I have a full map of Singapore without the postal code. Any tips for me to get started? I am using ...
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How to get Netherlands neighborhood names based on Addresses?

CBS provides key figures on the neighborhood level for the whole country(NL). I want to incorporate this data for analysis but my datapoints include addresses and postcodes and latitudes&...
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Extracting lat lon of points from list of postal codes

I have scraped a list of postal codes for which I want to extract (lat, lon) data. extracted postal codes In Postal Codes Germany, I was able to extract lat lon for the postal code by is there a way ...
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Importing multiple CSV-files without coordinates into schema in QGIS 2.18 [closed]

I have multiple CSV-files that I need to import into a database in QGIS 2.18. The data contains Australian Postal Code information hence does not have x,y (lat/long) coordinates in it. How can I load ...
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Converting lat/lon to Postal code using Python

I have this DataFrame: Lat Lon 29.39291 -98.50925 29.39923 -98.51256 29.40147 -98.51123 29.38752 -98.52372 29.39291 -98.50925 29.39537 -98.50402 29.39343 -98.49707 29.39291 -98....
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Reading PBF file or finding polygons of postcodes?

The issue: I want to find the polygons for the greek post codes. I am not sure if this would help but I have just downloaded a PBF file from geofabrik.de. I installed osmconvert and OsmAndMapCreator, ...
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Saving Google Earth Postal Code Layer

In the typical primary database in layers window, under more-> US Govt, there is a Postal Code Boundaries layer. I have been trying to find a way to save this, and ultimately add it to a folder of my ...
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Seeking UK Postcode out-code list containing county?

I’m trying to put together a spreadsheet containing the following fields: postcode out-code, county Can anybody please point me in the direction of a list (or 2 lists which I could join) containing ...
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Identifying area code for a particular US city

I'm trying to build a query like: "tell me what area codes (telephony area codes) overlap San Francisco" which should return 415 and 628. Doing some google searches indicates that the US census data ...
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Where I can find a good regexp to extract sector, district and area from a UK postcode?

I am looking for official/reliable regexps to extract sector/district/areas from a UK postcode. I have found a few online but I am not sure how good they are, and I have not a way to test them ...
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Seeking free API that allows to get state and city using name of country and postal code? [closed]

Original question: I create an web application and I need to obtain the information contained in the question on the backend side of my application. What I need the most is the automatic retrieval ...
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Eurostat - postcodes & LAU

Eurostat has established a link between postcodes and NUTS level 3 codes. However, what I need is a link between postcodes and LAU level 2 codes. (The most detailed level of Territorial Units, ...
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API for Distances by Postal Code

I need to calculate a lot of distances between several cities in Germany which are identified by a postal code, e.g. 10115 for Berlin. I cannot use the Google Maps Distance Matrix API because it would ...
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Are there duplicate Zip codes in the US?

I am testing a solution for a tax calculation system, and some states have zip code ranges with specific taxes, so I need to know if there are zip codes that correspond to different locations. One ...
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Looking for a shapefile for Europe on 4-digit postal code [closed]

I am looking for a source of a shapefile hat includes european countries with 4-digit postal codes. The country codes should be DIN-A2 (two digit) and a postal code for four digits... Does anyone ...
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Inputing postcode when geocoding with MMQGIS Web Service

I frequently use MMQGIS Plugin (Geocode >> Geocode CSV with Google / OpenStreetMap) in QGIS 2.18.10 (64bit) to geocode adresses from a CSV file. In particular for Germany, but I would imagine this ...
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Location of UK Town to Postal Sector database or .csv

I've been searching all over, but cannot find a database/CSV for matching a UK Town to postal sectors. Example: Hampton Hill” is postcode sector” TW12 1
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Is it normal for ESRI World Locator to return half of a postal code?

I am using the ESRI World Locator to find address candidates for a location in Canada. I should preface that I live in the United States and have a rudimentary at best understanding of international ...
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Where can I find shapefiles or geospatial data for postal codes/ Código de Endereçamento Postal for Brazil

I am looking for shape files for Brazilian postal codes. I have looked at IBGE site and other sources but could not find anything. Free shape files will be better since we plan to use them for ...
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Postcode mapping different countries

We have a little side project running where we need to create maps of different countries containing postcodes and postcode area boundaries, which are put in a database. Those maps are supposed to be ...
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Shapefile for post codes in Portugal?

I'm looking for shapefiles of the Portugal post codes 4 digits. Any open source or fee source that will have this info?
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US ZIP Codes +4 By State or County- Shapefile (or table/dbf)

I am looking for Zipcode data with the +4 digits at the end for a City (I can use it by state and clip the points to my municipal boundary), and with edges or geocodes. I called the post office and ...
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UK Post Code Location References [duplicate]

I have a spreadsheet data which only contain post code as location references. I want to map them to a point shapefile based on their postcodes. All I can think is to find a point data which have ...
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Map of russia's administrative divisions

I'm looking for a map of the administrative divisions of Russia, on a rather local level. In Seeking polygon files corresponding to Russian Census? is presented a map on different levels, the most ...
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Finding furthest distance between two UK buildings that share same postcode? [closed]

What is the furthest distance between two UK buildings that share the same postcode? I'm not sure how to find this out myself.
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QGIS Small Square Dots Appearing on Postcode Sector Polygons [duplicate]

I dissolved UK postcode polygons at the sector level to create the postcode sector polygons I need. However, I seem to have more postcode polygons than I expected, about 800 additional postcodes that ...
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Can i get population of area, given coordinates or postal code?

I intend to classify areas based on the population or population density. By classify I mean whether the area is rural, urban or sub urban specifically in Europe. As a input I would have either postal ...
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Create basic GB region postcode area map [duplicate]

I want to make a simple map of SW England that shows polygons over the postcode areas (e.g. EX1, PL19, each in an shaded area with boundary line). If I search the postcode area on Google Maps (online) ...
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Complete list of UK postcodes plus their city, county, uk country

Is there a free data set of all current UK postcodes (about 1.7 million-ish) plus their city name, county and UK country (e.g. Liverpool, Merseyside, England) and ideally lat, long, east, northings?
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Aggregate postal code based aggregated data to district scale (MAUP)

I have data aggregated to postal codes for cities in Germany. Is there anyway to aggregate this data to city districts (which look very different from postal codes spatially) in ArcGIS? It is really ...
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Match polygons of two independently created shapefiles to create dataframe

I have two independently created shapefiles A) shapefile 1 lists the german postal codes and can be downloaded from https://blog.oraylis.de/2010/05/german-map-spatial-data-for-plz-postal-code-regions/...
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Creating/generating LDU polygon boundaries of Canada?

Back Ground on issue: http://www.opennorth.ca/2013/03/05/open-postal-code-data-now.html Related Question: Where can I find Canadian postal code geometries? Canada Postal Unit: LOR 1B7 Canada has ...
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Georeference Canadian postal codes in CartoDB

I'm having issues trying to map by Canadian postal code. I'm prompted with "No rows geocoded in test_cartodb dataset" I mapped by "administrative area".
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International postal codes

I'm trying to plot spend data on zipcodes but only have US domestic zipcodes. Where can I find a shapefile/feature class for international postal codes? Point data is preferred but polygons will work.
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Using Czech republic (European) Postcodes in CartodDB?

I have dataset with columns country (contains only one country "Czech republic") and postcode (contains postcodes in NNNNN format) and other two cols (date and total). However when I try to use ...
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European postal code shapes provider

I am looking for a single (paid) provider of postal (zip) code shapes (boundaries) for countries in Europe. I hope to find reliable partner with reasonable pricing and update policy. What I need are ...
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UK Postcode and London destination

New to this site... I'm working with Postcode regions in the UK and was wondering if anyone know if there is a dataset which give you postcode region and the most likely station destination within ...
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How to draw a map of postal codes of a country?

I have data: postal codevalue 00-002          50       00-003         &...
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How can I get one neighbourhood name using address and/or postal code?

this is my first time here. I just need to get a neighbourhood/locality name, to get it I have the address and postal code (all over Argentina). -no polygons needed- This is to change a background ...
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Variations in postal codes: canonical forms?

I was wondering, are there many variations that postal codes can take around the world? For example, in Switzerland, every zip code is a four-digit number, but it can be written as XXXX or CH-XXXX. ...
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Postal code shapefile for france?

Can anyone tell me of an open source where I can get the shapefile for France at a postal code level?
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Maps with numbers and postcodes using QGIS?

I have a list of UK postcodes and a number of participants in a survey. I would like to map the first three letters of the UK postcode and I would like a shape....a circular shape for example which ...
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Postcodes mapping

I am new to GIS. I have a list of postcodes and I have to make a map, basically to show distance from a specific area. Concentric ring pull type of map. I don't know how to get my postcodes into a ...
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CartoDB polygon data for postal codes in Spain

I have been testing CartoDB for a little while and I can't get maps by postal codes in Spain. The system says "no polygon data available for your selection". But then I see some maps for Spain ...
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Seeking data for urban and rural areas of United Kingdom?

Is anyone aware of any (commercial) data sets that divide the UK into urban and rural areas based on admin data (e.g. outcode postcodes) and/or physical data (e.g. eastings and northing or lats and ...
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Is there a service or db to download or convert Postal Codes to Geo-Shapes / Polygons? [duplicate]

I'm looking for a service that converts Postal Code of Major European Cities to Geo Shapes (List of Lat/Lng) pairs like when you go to Google Maps and type for examples 10557 Berlin, and it draws ...
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Seeking postcode shapefiles & census data for Netherlands

I would like to do some GIS mapping of the Netherlands, but I am having trouble finding official data files for the following: Shapefiles for postcodes. Census (population) data for postcodes. And/or ...
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France, georeferencing with postal codes not working in CartoDB

CartoDB is not georeferencing many of my locations in France. I am using postal codes, and specifying all of them are in France. CartoDB is able to georeference only about half of them. Any ideas?
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