[AccessD] Geography revisited

Here is a site for mail addresses
 The whole thing is on CD for 750 Swiss Francs, otherwise you will have 
to pick off the countries
one at time via PDF files from URL below.
UPU S42 Standard on International Postal Address Components and Templates

I don't know why the changed their name from the old International 
Postal Union
to the Universal  Postal Union maybe there are secret mail drops for 
Betelgeuse and Rigel.

There is supposed to be something called the Universal POST*CODE 
database on this
site somewhere but the pdfs will give you each countries basic standard
God knows what they do with arondissements in Paris.

http://www.upu.int/post_code/en/postal_addressing_systems_member_countries.shtml

For  example here is Singapore standard.
http://www.upu.int/post_code/en/countries/SGP.pdf




Arthur Fuller wrote:

> I don't have to solve the world's address problems, but I do have to 
> solve some of them. USA and CDN I have under control. Other nations of 
> interest include basically everyone in the EU. I'm hoping for answers 
> from people either from each nation or from people with knowledge of 
> same.
>
> 1. What corresponds to states/provinces in Ireland, England, Scotland, 
> Wales, Germany, France, Netherlands, Belgium, Spain, Italy, 
> Switzerland (I know it's cantons in the last, but I don't know their 
> names).
>
> 2. Some countries, I know, place the street name before the street 
> number. Can we define this arrangement more precisely (by nation)?
>
> 3. Not immediately relevant, but is Singapore a city-state or part of 
> China or what?
>
> TIA,
> Arthur
>
>

-- 
Marty Connelly
Victoria, B.C.
Canada