http://forum.geonames.org/gforum/posts/list/4.page JForum - http://www.jforum.net The parameter 'state' does not exist and will be ignored. You can write the query like this and add the state to the placename paramter: http://api.geonames.org/findNearbyPostalCodes?placename=Richmond,VIC&country=AU&radius=1&maxRows=500&username=demo 3004 Melbourne will be added. Best Regards Marc]]> http://forum.geonames.org/gforum/posts/list/4024.page#11976 http://forum.geonames.org/gforum/posts/list/4024.page#11976 GMT