Posted by Alan on 11/28/06 23:00

They were designed to deliver mail, for goodness sake! So in New
Zealand where I live they can be 'dummy' destinations that can either
refer to a place or a delivery contractor, while others reflect the
internal work-flow of sorting offices. (The biggest group goes down the
first chute, for instance.) Also boxes, bags and street deliveries at
the same location require different codes. At best they are
pseudo-geographic with no necessary connection to geocoding.

I am guessing that also happens in other parts of the world.

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