Geographic coding scheme
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:
U.S. Government standards:
United Nations standards:
IATA standards:
See also:
External links
- http://geonames.usgs.gov/index.html
- http://www.nima.mil/gns/html/index.html
|
