<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0">
	<channel>
		<title><![CDATA[Latest posts for the topic "Issue with Canada reverse geocoding service."]]></title>
		<link>http://forum.geonames.org/gforum/posts/list/4.page</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Latest messages posted in the topic "Issue with Canada reverse geocoding service."]]></description>
		<generator>JForum - http://www.jforum.net</generator>
			<item>
				<title>Issue with Canada reverse geocoding service.</title>
				<description><![CDATA[ Link:
http://ws.geonames.org/findNearbyPostalCodes?lat=43.695733&lng=-79.530336
gives Downtown Toronto (St. James Park) - M5C as the closest to the searched lat,long combination.

But doing a google search with same lat,long show that adress is 
 28-52 Braecrest Ave
Toronto, ON M9P 1Z6, Canada

Google reverse geocoding service gives 6 chracter postal code but geonames give only 3 character and that not too accurate.

Is there any specific reason for this?]]></description>
				<guid isPermaLink="true">http://forum.geonames.org/gforum/posts/list/2127.page#8613</guid>
				<link>http://forum.geonames.org/gforum/posts/list/2127.page#8613</link>
				<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 21 Oct 2010 12:24:00]]> GMT</pubDate>
				<author><![CDATA[ test02]]></author>
			</item>
			<item>
				<title>Re:Issue with Canada reverse geocoding service.</title>
				<description><![CDATA[ For Canada the service returns the FSA, the Forward Sortation Area (the first three characters of the full postal codes). The main reason are license restrictions.
Another reason is that for an international service this corresponds to the granularity in other countries. Most countries have fewer postal codes by orders of magnitude (Canada has over 700000).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postal_codes_in_Canada

Best Regards

Marc ]]></description>
				<guid isPermaLink="true">http://forum.geonames.org/gforum/posts/list/2127.page#8616</guid>
				<link>http://forum.geonames.org/gforum/posts/list/2127.page#8616</link>
				<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 22 Oct 2010 08:04:09]]> GMT</pubDate>
				<author><![CDATA[ marc]]></author>
			</item>
	</channel>
</rss>