Investigate postal code geometries from [VARIOUS SOURCES]

[riordan]

CartoDB's got geometries from:

• US
• Canada
• France
• Australia

Worthy of an investigation?

Australian polygons - http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/DetailsPage/2033.0.55.0012011?OpenDocument - Download the KMZ for Postal Area IRSD, SEIFA 2011. Unzip and upload the kmz
    Coverage: AUS
    Geometry type: polygon

Canadian polygons - http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/geo/bound-limit/bound-limit-2011-eng.cfm - Download ESRI Shp, Forward Sortation Areas, Digital Boundary
    Coverage: CAN
    Geometry type: polygon

USA polygons - http://www2.census.gov/geo/tiger/TIGER2013/ZCTA5/tl_2013_us_zcta510.zip
    Coverage: USA
    Geometry type: polygon

French polygons - http://www.data.gouv.fr/dataset/fond-de-carte-des-codes-postaux
    Coverage: FRA
    Geometry type: polygon

[thisisaaronland]

License(s) ?

[riordan]

• Aus - CC-BY-2.5-AUS - this was when porting required country-specific licenses
• US - Public Domain
• Canada - Statscan Unrestricted Use Agreement
• France ODbL grumble

[riordan]

Additional polygon datasets:

• Netherlands - cc-by to ESRI Netherlands
• Uruguay - No license, but on an open data portal. Needs followup for clarification
• Norway - Norwegian License for Open Government Data - Attribution
• Finland - Retrieve via WFS - Attribution license There may be more found by digging through okfn

[thisisaaronland]

@riordan Would you mind putting these links in to the issues for their respective country repos?