Location datasets 5% open

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? No (No URL given)
•   Is the data available for free? No
•   Is the data machine readable? No (n/a)
•   Available in bulk? No
•   Is the data provided on a timely and up to date basis? Unsure
•   Publicly available? No published by The Post and Telecommunications Department (Jamaica Post) - Postal Corporation of Jamaica (Post Corp.))
•   Is data in digital form? Unsure
•   Is the data available online? No (No URL given)
•   Does the data exist? Yes

Details

The postcode team built the website extensively throughout the world. The website currently provides postcode inquiry service around hundreds of countries in 50+ languages. There are more than 40,000,000 postcode / ZIP code data in http://PostCodeBase.com.

The postcode information for Jamaica are clearly stated but cannot be downloaded on the computer due to not being machine readable (PDF, CSV, etc).

Reviewer comments

http://jam.postcodebase.com/ is not an official website and there is no reference that what they have published is officially endorsed.