Global Open Data Index: Survey
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A database of postcodes/zipcodes and the corresponding spatial locations in terms of a latitude and a longitude (or similar coordinates in an openly published coordinate system). The data has to be available for the entire country. See our methodology section for more information.
| Question | Answer | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Openly licenced | No | |
| In an open and machine-readable format | reviewer: I have reviewed http://visor.codigopostal.gov.co/472/visor/ because the data found here is compliant with the requirements. | |
| Downloadable at once | No | |
| Up-to-date | Yes | |
| Publicly available | Yes | |
| Available free of charge | Yes | |
| findable | 4 | |
| findable_steps | Ingresar al portal web Datos.gov.co y buscar Códigos Postales Nacionales | |
| licence_url | https://herramientas.datos.gov.co/es/terms-and-conditio | |
| Collected by government | Yes | |
| usability | 3 | |
| collector_name | Códigos Postales Nacionales | |
| characteristics | Zipcodes, Addresses, Coordinates (latitude, longitude), Data available for entire country | |
| location | http://visor.codigopostal.gov.co/472/visor/ - view/discover service for post codes from Códigos Postales Nacionales |
The post codes are available for download in a tabular form. Although the table does contain information related to the geographical extent for each code, the process of creating the geometry is far from trivial.