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Avoid "dirty data" in your logistics operations |
What happens when address data is incomplete or outdated?
It can lead to costly mistakes, delivery delays, and operational challenges in logistics.
Our latest blog post explores the dangers of inaccurate data in the supply chain and offers actionable tips for cleaning it up.
Additionally, we highlight real-life cases of customers who have successfully addressed this issue and improved their logistics workflows.
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COUNTRY UPDATE
Changes in US administrative divisions
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Connecticut’s request to replace its eight inactive counties, which last functioned in 1960, has now been fully implemented across all Census Bureau operations as of 2024. The state has established nine new planning regions that will serve as county-equivalent units for statistical purposes.
The updated boundaries, names, and codes have been updated in your database.
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MONTHLY CHANGES
In October, we updated 1,960,214 rows in our postal database. |
Full Postal & Street updates |
Åland, Argentina, China, Liechtenstein, Singapore, South Korea, Sweden, United States |
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Belgium (NUTS codes), Canada (Postcodes), Croatia (Streets), Cuba (Postcodes coordinates), Germany (NUTS codes), Finland (NUTS codes, admin hierarchy), French Guiana (Postcodes), Latvia (NUTS codes), Netherlands (NUTS codes), Norway (NUTS codes), Portugal (NUTS codes), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (NUTS codes), Ukraine (Streets), U.S. Virgin Islands (Administrative divisions)
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Postal boundaries updates |
Cyprus, Luxembourg, Malaysia |
Postal boundaries patches (small changes) |
Argentina, Eswatini, Greenland, Haiti, Iran, Liechtenstein, Mali, Mozambique, Oman, Palestine, Puerto Rico, Turkmenistan, Ukraine |
Administrative boundaries patches (small changes) |
Cyprus, Lithuania, Malaysia, United Kingdom |
Dual Postal Codes: Where International Boundaries Blur |
In some places, a single area operates with postal codes from two different countries!
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This happens in certain border regions, when postal services need to optimize delivery routes, or when they need to manage high mail volumes.
A fascinating example would be Büsingen am Hochrhein, a German town surrounded by Switzerland, which uses the German postal code 78266 and the Swiss postal code 8238.
Likewise, Campione d'Italia, an Italian enclave within Switzerland, has the dual postal codes of 22060 (Italy) and 6911 (Switzerland).
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These kind of complexities highlight the importance of relying on experts in location data to help you navigate these intricate postal code systems.
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Kind regards,
Jérôme & the GeoPostcodes team
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