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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:

U.S. Government standards:

United Nations standards:

IATA standards:

See also:

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