geographic coding

A geographic coding scheme generates codes for human-created geographical entities such as countries, counties, towns, airports, and so on. Postal codes are examples of a fine-grained geographic coding schemes capable of resolving down to a single building or group of buildings. ISO standards:

ISO 3166, including

ISO 3166-1 country codes

United Nations standards:

UN/LOCODE

IATA standards:

IATA airport code

U.S. Government standards:

FIPS two-letter country codes
FIPS place codes
FIPS county codes
FIPS state codes
State Department country codes for the issuing of diplomatic license plates for automobiles of staff and persons having diplomatic immunity

External links

http://geonames.usgs.gov/index.html

* http://www.nima.mil/gns/html/index.html

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