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What data is expected?

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 national coordinate system). If a postcode/zipcode system does not exist in the country, please submit a dataset of administrative borders. Data submitted in this category must satisfy the following minimum conditions

• Zipcodes
• Address
• Coordinate (latitude longitude)
• national level

• updated once a year

• Administrative boundaries

• Boarders poligone
• name of poligone (city, neighborhood)
• national level
• updated once a year

What data is available

•   Openly licensed? Unsure (No URL given)
•   Is the data available for free? Unsure
•   Is the data machine readable? Unsure (free webservice (JSON, etc.) for individual items, copyrighted (must pay) database as both, .mdb and .txt)
•   Available in bulk? Unsure
•   Is the data provided on a timely and up to date basis? Unsure
•   Publicly available? Unsure
•   Is data in digital form? Unsure
•   Is the data available online? Unsure (Here)
•   Does the data exist? Unsure

Details

The Brazilian postcode is named CEP. It is an hierarchical code with 8 digits. The partial 5-digit CEP have map and polygonal representation, but full 8-digit CEP not (it is used today as a logistic non-spatial information), is only a street segment attribute.

Individual CEPs are supplied free, but a full-copy of all CEPs aren't free (not available in bulk)... The access to database queries is free as Internet-webservice: CEP-to-address, and address-to-CEP, human and machine resolution services... So this is a cause of ambiguity in this form: CEP is individually free, but must pay to access on bulk.

The CEP, as a postcode-list, is copyrighted and sold by the public company "Empresa Brasileira de Correios e Telégrafos - Correios" (Brazilian mail service). It is a non-spatial database, with no coordinates in the dataset: http://www.correios.com.br/para-voce/correios-de-a-a-z/dne

The postcode copyright monopoly by Correios company exist since 1978, with the Federal Law 6538.

Reviewer comments

The post code dataset is available, at a cost from GeoData company http://www.geopostcodes.com/Brazil.