Hi, I’m Jérôme Urbain, head of Products, wishing you a Happy New Year. I’ll be here to share more location data knowledge this 2025 and look forward to achieving great results together. Let’s dive into this month's updates! |
Solve the 4 most common address data challenges
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❄️ The largest desert in the world: Antarctica ❄️ |
The largest desert in the world: Antartica |
Did you know that Antarctica is the world's largest desert?
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Despite its icy landscape, it receives less than 2 inches of precipitation annually, classifying it as a desert.
This frozen field holds about 70% of Earth's freshwater, locked away in its massive ice sheets.
Intriguingly, Antarctica is also home to the McMurdo Dry Valleys, one of the driest places on Earth, where some areas haven't seen rain for nearly 2 million years.
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So, next time you think of deserts, remember: they aren't all hot and sandy—some are cold and icy, too!
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GUIDE
Solve the 4 most common address data challenges |
The start of the year is a good moment to make sure your location data is accurate. Integrate our the latest data and get some tips for improving your address data processing. |
Address structures vary across borders
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Navigating global postal systems can be tricky. While most use zip codes, some countries work with other references, such as cities. Here's a compilation of countries with alternative postal systems.
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Managing non-latin alphabets
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Tackling global addresses means accommodating multiple alphabets. Learn how transliteration bridges the gap for a unified database.
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Constant zip code changes
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ZIP codes evolve frequently, impacting your address accuracy. Understand how to adapt and explore international ZIP code formats with this guide.
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Simplify address data maintenance
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Manually managing global address data is time-intensive. Explore best practices and cleansing methods to save time and costs.
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Our team is committed to help you overcome any location data issue you'd face in 2025.
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MONTHLY CHANGES
In December, we updated 183,142 rows in our postal database. |
Full Postal & Street updates |
Postal database patches
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Belgium (Municipality merge), Cyprus (Business), France (Alternative names for big cities' arrondissements), Guam (Alternative names), Ukraine (Regions codes), United Kingdom (Postcodes)
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Postal boundaries updates |
Postal boundaries patches (small changes) |
Austria, Canada, Croatia, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Israel, Jordan, Mexico, Palestine, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, Thailand, Ukraine, United States |
Administrative boundaries patches (small changes) |
Falkland Islands, Finland, Spain |
Kind regards,
Jérôme & the GeoPostcodes team
PS: Interested in previous Monthly Product Updates? Read here. |
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