Improved international postal resolution
July 24, 2013This release note is more than two years old and may no longer reflect
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GeoIP databases now return more postal codes for Australia, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, South Africa, Switzerland, and United Kingdom. In addition, the latitude and longitude will reflect the center of the postal code instead of the center of the city for these countries. The postal code coverage is approximately:
- Australia, 20%
- France, 23%
- Germany, 14%
- Italy, 18%
- Spain, 11%
- South Africa, 5%
- Switzerland, 28%
- United Kingdom, 9%
- United States, 56%
On July 30th, the GeoIP databases should return postals for Canada.