UN/LOCODE is a geographic coding scheme developed and maintained by UNECE a unit of the United Nations.
It assigns aproximatly 40.000 code elements to locations names of ports, airports, rail and road terminals, postal exchange offices, border crossing points and other locations used in trade and transport in 234 countries.
UN/LOCODE typically have 5 characters. The first 2 are letters, and come from the ISO 3166-1 country codes. Normally 3 letters will follow, but if there are not enough combinations, also numbers can be used.
Some samples:
- DEBER for Berlin in Germany (DE)
- NLAMS for Amsterdam in NL
- USNYC for New York City in US
In order to browse through LOCODEs you can use the useful web services developed by UNECE or Antwerp Port Authority.
I would like to thanks www.knowledgerush.com as source for this post.
I would like to thanks www.knowledgerush.com as source for this post.
some systems only handle 3 LOC code, which is a real hassle, with mapping
ReplyDelete