James Laver wrote: > On 11 Oct 2009, at 18:15, Ann Barcomb wrote: > >> I think the conclusion is that there are many different forms of >> addressing, >> and most software doesn't get it right. Heck, many US webforms can't >> even handle anything other than a US zipcode for the postcode section. > > That's fairly typical. There's an appalling lack of information out > there on how to multinationally handle addresses and postcodes. All I > know about US zipcodes, i learned on wikipedia.
Go postal. http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/postal.html > For one site I'm developing right now, it would be advantageous to be > able to locate a customer by a country name and zip/postal code. In > the UK I can do that if I purchase the Postzon data from royal mail. > In the US, I gather you need an extended zipcode to get that kind of > resolution, and in other countries, you just can't have that at all. > If there's some sort of information out there to educate people about > how to deal with these problems (myself included), more people might > do it. > > --James > > >
