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Finland


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? Yes(Here)
  •   Is the data available for free? Yes
  •   Is the data machine readable? Yes (GML, JPEG, GeoTiff, PNG, SVG)
  •   Available in bulk? Yes
  •   Is the data provided on a timely and up to date basis? Yes
  •   Publicly available? Yes(as Postal number code areas published by Statistics Finland)
  •   Is data in digital form? Yes
  •   Is the data available online? Yes (Here)
  •   Does the data exist? Yes

Details

Zipcodes now include location data i.e. coordinates and boundaries of the Zip-code areas. http://tilastokeskus.fi/tup/karttaaineistot/postinumeroalueet.html The datasets is available through web mapping services, WMS and WFS.

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Contributors

Reviewers

  • Codrina Maria Ilie

Submitters

  • Jaakko Korhonen