Reference & metadata tables
Together with a variety of consultancy and training services, which you can read
about here, GRC Database
Information offers a number of reference data and metadata products to help you to manage your
international data. These products are summarized below.
Click on the hyperlink to get more information about, or to order, the
product
Place name/postal code combinations file
Newest release: 5th March 2010
This data
table contains over 30 million place name/postal code combination records. This data has been collected by analysing
over 90 million
real world data records for place name/postal code combinations. This
table is an ideal resource for standardising and processing your address
data. Read the full information here.
Postal code/latitude/longitude files
GRC Database Information resells GIS files for over 40 countries made available by GfK-Geomarketing. These files contain postal codes, place names and latitude/longitude information. Read the full information here.
Full postal files in Arabic and Roman script for seven countries
These data tables, built by GeoTiba,
contain full postal files, uniquely with data both in Roman and in Arabic script, for seven countries: Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, Sudan, Tunisia, Western Sahara. Read the full information here.
Region names/postal code combinations
Newest release: 29th September 2009
This data
table contains postal codes and region names for 48 countries and
territories. It can be used to assign regional names when a country and
postal code are known. Read more information here.
Address
elements data
Newest release: 8th March 2010
GRC
Database Information has built an exclusive table which contains over 439000
address element strings for world addresses. These include strings in many
languages indicating post office boxes, thoroughfare types, building types, sub-building
indicators, prepositions, adjectives, forms of address and many more. This
table is an ideal resource for standardising and processing your address
data. Read the full information here.
Postal code formatting rules
GRC
Database Information has built these tables which contain postal code formatting rules for every country with a postal code system. It is an ideal resource for parsing postal codes or for ensuring correct data entry. Read the full information
here.
Job titles
Newest release: 1st March 2010
GRC
Database Information has built a table which contains 89963 common job titles. This
table is an ideal resource for standardising and processing your data. Read the full information
here.
Given names
Newest release: 6th March 2010
GRC
Database Information has built a table which contains 127885 given names. Read the full information here.
Family name prepositions
First release: 10th January 2006
This data table contains 620 records
containing family name preposition strings. These strings (van de, von, de, de la, al, el and so on) often need to be identified within data to allow correct alphabetic sorting and casing of the names. Read the full information
here.
Forms of address
(honorifics/salutations)
First release: 15th January 2006
This data table contains 5985 records
containing forms of address (Mr, Mrs, Miss, Dr, Professor etc.). Read the full information
here.
Other data
GRC
Database Information is creating tables which contain various country- and
language-specific information, such as family names (current table
contents: 3190000 records). These will be released as they become ready, but if you are
interested in purchasing any of this data before general release, please contact
us with your requirements.
If you have any questions about any of our products,
please contact
us.
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