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Is there a publically available List or a database that has geo-coordinates to Postal/Zip Code mapping ?

gyurisc
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TonyP
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    Tony, this is called reverse geocoding and I beleive there are many answers around this tag. – gyurisc Feb 25 '10 at 11:55
  • Puddleglum has answered this on [this page](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/24471/zip-code-database) (see the List of Free ZIP Code Sources). – user1473461 Dec 26 '12 at 17:03

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You can use Google Maps API for reverse geocoding. Check this out Google Maps Reverse Geocoding and a working sample.

Also you can check out earlier questions: How to convert Latitude and longitude to Location name

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For what country? Some countries have publically available databases but most don't.

Commercial databases often carries a hefty price and an unfriendly license. There are efforts underway by OpenStreeMap and FreeThePostCode (UK) that you might want to check out for more information.

Wikiepedia also has a pretty good article on postal codes in general with lots of information.

This page at about.com talks about a zip code database for the US that was produced in 1999 by the Census Bureau (rendering it public domain according to US-laws). A lot has happened since 1999 though but it may be worth a look.

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  • Mark, For US and Canada, although I hit upon couple of gov-ca googles, non provide a concrete list. Thanks - tony – TonyP Feb 25 '10 at 11:59
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There's nothing free for commercial use -- not even Bing, Yahoo, or Google. See my answer on this other post:

How to let users choose their town, so my app can know coordinates

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  • Try this..it's free and it's for zipcode/postal boundaries..returns polygons,points for zipcode boundaries in geojosn. https://www.mashape.com/vanitysoft/boundaries-io – Jeryl Cook Jun 23 '15 at 11:28
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Depends where you are in the world... For the united states, I believe the information is available without restriction. In the UK, you can license the "Postal Address File" from the Royal Mail, but it's expensive.

I found someone selling the Zip Code database here:

http://www.zip-codes.com/zip-code-database.asp

But you need to be aware that the information changes over time - as new properties are built...

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If you have money and you want to pay for it Navteq and TeleAtlas will also sell you the data. They cover quite a bit of the globe but not all of it. There also might be the data in Open Street Map (OSM). I would reccomend looking there first.

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