GeoNames Forum

Hello,
I am trying this canadian zip code lookup on the API and it doesn't return anything if I don't provide the country:

view-source:http://api.geonames.org/postalCodeLookupJSON?postalcode=H2W1E5&username=demo

Using this it works:
view-source:http://api.geonames.org/postalCodeLookupJSON?postalcode=H2W1E5&country=CA&username=demo

Without providing the country, the search should be done without filtering and should return the same result, why so?

thanks

GeoNames only has the fsa (the first three letters) of the Canadian postal codes. If the country is explicitly defined then the remainder will be cut automatically.

Regards

Marc