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Geographic coding

Summary: A geographic coding scheme generates codes for human-created geographical entities such as countries, counties, towns, airports, and so on. Postal codes are examples of a fine-grained geographic coding schemes capable of resolving down to a single building or group of buildings. ISO standards: ISO 3166, including ISO 3166-1 country codes U.S. Government standards: FIPS two-letter country codes FIPS place codes FIPS county codes ...

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Geographic coding

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A geographic coding scheme generates codes for human-created geographical entities such as countries, counties, towns, airports, and so on.

Postal codes are examples of a fine-grained geographic coding schemes capable of resolving down to a single building or group of buildings.

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U.S. Government standards: United Nations standards: IATA standards: See also:

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