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25/01/2017 19:39:38
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jkpatel1463
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Hello
I have only postal code and i need city name and country name based on postal code.
Let's take an Example:
I have
Postal code:10023
If i call a API of geonames then i will have City name as "10023" and country name as "United States"
I have Postal code "395006" & then i call API of geonames, i will have City as "SURAT" and country name as "India"
Can anyone help me ?
Thanks in advance
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27/01/2017 13:31:07
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JOleg
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I did not look into postal codes within geonames, but common sense in your case says that it's not possible, at least for now. Postal codes may not contain ISO country codes and therefore your postal code 10023 may exist in more than 1 country, hence ambiguity. Some countries do have ISO 3166 code prefixed in front of postal code, but it has not been widely adopted. So, you need to know the country this postal code belongs to, to infer the city.
src:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postal_code
Country code prefixes
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country codes were recommended by The European Committee for Standardization as well as the Universal Postal Union to be used in conjunction with postal codes starting in 1994,[11][12] but they have not become widely used. Andorra, Azerbaijan, Barbados, Ecuador, Latvia and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines use the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 as a prefix in their postal codes.
In some countries (such as those of continental Europe, where a numeric postcode format of four or five digits is commonly used) the numeric postal code is sometimes prefixed with a country code when sending international mail to that country.
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13/02/2017 10:42:38
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Izadore
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Ah, it makes sense when you put it like that. Still I'm trying to think of a workaround as there must be one.
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20/07/2018 18:38:28
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NathanAverill
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Izadore wrote:
JOleg wrote:
Postal codes may not contain ISO country codes and therefore your postal code 10023 may exist in more than 1 country, hence ambiguity. I did not look into postal codes within geonames, but common sense in your case says that it's not possible, at least for now. Postal codes may not contain ISO country codes and therefore your postal code 10023 may exist in more than 1 country, phenq uk can be found on TSV hence ambiguity. Some countries do have ISO 3166 code prefixed in front of postal code, but it has not been widely adopted. So, you need to know the country this postal code belongs to, to infer the city.
Ah, it makes sense when you put it like that. Still I'm trying to think of a workaround as there must be one.
There isn't any. Some postal codes are common in many countries, so unless you have your data and master database country-wise, this is not possible.
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20/12/2018 17:03:07
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Danaity
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JOleg wrote:
I did not look into postal codes within geonames, but common sense in your case says that it's not possible, at least for now. Postal codes may not contain ISO Anavar Oxandrolone country codes and therefore your postal code 10023 may exist in more than 1 country, hence ambiguity. Some countries do have ISO 3166 code prefixed in front of postal code, but it has not been widely adopted. So, you need to know the country this postal code belongs to, to infer the city.
src:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postal_code
Country code prefixes
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country codes were recommended by The European Committee for Standardization as well as the Universal Postal Union to be used in conjunction with postal codes starting in 1994,[11][12] but they have not become widely used. Andorra, Azerbaijan, Barbados, Ecuador, Latvia and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines use the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 as a prefix in their postal codes.
In some countries (such as those of continental Europe, where a numeric postcode format of four or five digits is commonly used) the numeric postal code is sometimes prefixed with a country code when sending international mail to that country.
Hi There isn't any.
Some postal codes are common in many countries, so unless you have your data and master database country-wise, this is not possible.
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06/01/2019 16:32:09
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romancast
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it is true In some countries the numeric postal code may have the prefix of a country provided that international mail is sent to the country in question.
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