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How MSC saved €500K with accurate shipping locations

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🛥️ Avoid spending millions due to outdated shipping locations

🗺️ Guide on how to create a zip code map

🔎 Monthly changes

🏰 Cliopatria: Lost kingdoms & shifting empires

Avoid spending millions of dollars due to outdated shipping locations

Discover how the Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC):

🗺️ Activated 3000 global locations per year.

💲 Eliminated repetitive data processing days for the data center, saving approximately €500k annually in operational costs.

⌛ Saved over 900 hours annually, cutting operational expenses, reducing financial penalties, and minimizing business disruptions.

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Guide: How to create a zip code map

Want to turn raw data into a zip code map? This guide breaks it down step by step, helping you visualize trends, spot patterns, and make smarter decisions.

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MONTHLY CHANGES

In February, we updated 10,493 rows in our postal database.

Postal database patches

(small changes)

Italy (Postcode), Montenegro (Alternative Names & Denormalized ID correction), Paraguay (Time zone), Uruguay (Suburbs)

Postal boundary updates

Spain

Postal boundary patches (small changes)

Bhutan, Ireland, France, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Portugal, United States

Administrative boundaries patches (small changes)

France, Norway

For a detailed changelog, take a look at the CSV file.

Cliopatria: Lost kingdoms & shifting empires

Ever wished you could time-travel through history’s shifting borders?

Cliopatria makes that possible.

This open-source dataset maps political boundaries from 3400 BCE to today, covering 1,600+ historical states, empires, and kingdoms.

Whether it’s the rise of Rome, the fall of Byzantium, or modern-day changes, Cliopatria captures it all in precise geospatial detail.

Built by the Seshat Global History Databank, it helps researchers, educators, and history buffs visualize the world's political evolution. And the best part? It’s free for everyone!