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Geocoding Inventor Locations (view source)
Revision as of 18:40, 21 August 2009
, 18:40, 21 August 2009→Postal Codes
*United Kingdom ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UK_postcodes Sourced from Wikipedia]): A9 9AA, A99 9AA, A9A 9AA, AA9 9AA, AA99 9AA, AA9A 9AA. Simple Regex: <tt>([A-Z]{1,2}[0-9]{1,2}[A-Z]{0,1}\s[0-9][A-Z]{2,2})</tt>
*France ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postal_codes_in_France Sourced from Wikipedia]): NNNMM or NNMMM where NN and NNN are numerics indicating the préfectures and sous-préfectures, respectively, and MMM are other numerics. However the following formats also appear frequently in the patent data: F NNNNN, F-NNNNN, F - NNNNN, F- NN NNN, FNNNNN, F-NN NNN, F-NN, FR - NNNNN, FR NNNNN, FR-NNNNN, (NNNNN), (NN), - NNNNN, -NNNNN-, -NN, NN, NN - N-NNNNN, NNNN, NN NNN, NN.NNN, NNN/N, NN., F. NNNNN, F.NNNNN, "FRNN,NNN". French postal codes most often, but not exclusively, occur at the start of the address string.If there are fewer than 5 digits, trailing zeros should be added. Simple Regex: <tt>\(?F?R?\.?\s?\d?-?\s?\d{2,3}\.?\s?\/?\d{0,3}-?\)?</tt>*Belgium ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_postal_codes_in_Belgium Sourced from Wikipedia]): NNNN where N is a numeric. Belgian postcodes are usually placed before the city, and the number of trailing zeros indicates the size of the city. However, the following formats also appear frequently in the patent data: NN NNNN, NNN, NNNN, NNNNN, NNNN-, NNN B-NNNN, NNN B-NNN, NN-NNNN, B-NNNN, NN - B NNNN, NN, N - B - NNNN, "NN, B. NNNN", B - NNNN, B -NNNN, B NNNN, B- NNNN, B--NNNN, B-NNNN, B-NNNN-, BNNNN, BNNNNN, BE - NNNN, BE-NNNN, BF-NNNN. Simple Regex: <tt>\d{0,3},?\s?-{0,2}\s?B?[EF]?\.?\s?-{0,2}\s?\d{1,5}-? </tt>