Country names and state/county/province names follow ISO?

[jonwimp]

Do the state/county/province names in table GEO follow ISO 3166-2?

See eg in GEO: Surrey in UK is 'GBR-SURR' rather than 'GBR-SRY'.

Is the following resource valid?:

http://www.statoids.com/ugb.html

Jonathon

[Andrew Sykes]

Jonathon,

At the time I wrote these, I couldn't find any such resource - don't
know why - so no, they do not follow ISO 3166-2, if you'd like to look
into this, that would be great - unfortunately I don't have much time at
the moment to help - sorry.

- Andrew

On Sun, 2007-02-25 at 15:13 +0800, Jonathon -- Improov wrote:
> Do the state/county/province names in table GEO follow ISO 3166-2?
>
> See eg in GEO: Surrey in UK is 'GBR-SURR' rather than 'GBR-SRY'.
>
> Is the following resource valid?:
>
> http://www.statoids.com/ugb.html
>
> Jonathon
--
Kind Regards
Andrew Sykes <[hidden email]>
Sykes Development Ltd
http://www.sykesdevelopment.com

[jonwimp]

Andrew,

I can't find any comprehensive ISO 3166-2 listings either. The URL (statoids.com) I mentioned seem
to have information to ISO 3166-2, probably because the author actually bought the ISO 3166-2
databases from iso.org at http://www.iso.org/iso/en/prods-services/iso3166ma/05database/index.html 
. I haven't verified this yet.

Anyway, I heard the UK counties are a tricky thing to track, like say for Cleveland that is no
longer existent but is still thought to exist by many folks living near that area. Ie, if I take
out Cleveland in OFBiz data (assuming it was there), many UK users would complain.

Jonathon

Andrew Sykes wrote:

> Jonathon,
>
> At the time I wrote these, I couldn't find any such resource - don't
> know why - so no, they do not follow ISO 3166-2, if you'd like to look
> into this, that would be great - unfortunately I don't have much time at
> the moment to help - sorry.
>
> - Andrew
>
> On Sun, 2007-02-25 at 15:13 +0800, Jonathon -- Improov wrote:
>> Do the state/county/province names in table GEO follow ISO 3166-2?
>>
>> See eg in GEO: Surrey in UK is 'GBR-SURR' rather than 'GBR-SRY'.
>>
>> Is the following resource valid?:
>>
>> http://www.statoids.com/ugb.html
>>
>> Jonathon

[rhowell]

Hi Jonathon,

I used to work for The Office for National Statistics here in the UK.
UK Geography is a constantly changing headache. They have got quite a good
description why on their website.
http://www.statistics.gov.uk/geography/default.asp 

They also have a list of legal names, codes etc..
http://www.statistics.gov.uk/geography/faq_names_codes_legal.asp




Rupert Howell
 
Provolve Ltd
 
Technopole
Kingston Crescent
Portsmouth
PO2 8FA
 
Tel: [phone]
E-mail: [hidden email]
Web: www.provolve.com
 

-----Original Message-----
From: Jonathon -- Improov [mailto:[hidden email]]
Sent: 26 February 2007 13:07
To: [hidden email]
Subject: Re: Country names and state/county/province names follow ISO?

Andrew,

I can't find any comprehensive ISO 3166-2 listings either. The URL
(statoids.com) I mentioned seem to have information to ISO 3166-2, probably
because the author actually bought the ISO 3166-2 databases from iso.org at
http://www.iso.org/iso/en/prods-services/iso3166ma/05database/index.html
. I haven't verified this yet.

Anyway, I heard the UK counties are a tricky thing to track, like say for
Cleveland that is no longer existent but is still thought to exist by many
folks living near that area. Ie, if I take out Cleveland in OFBiz data
(assuming it was there), many UK users would complain.

Jonathon

Andrew Sykes wrote:

> Jonathon,
>
> At the time I wrote these, I couldn't find any such resource - don't
> know why - so no, they do not follow ISO 3166-2, if you'd like to look
> into this, that would be great - unfortunately I don't have much time
> at the moment to help - sorry.
>
> - Andrew
>
> On Sun, 2007-02-25 at 15:13 +0800, Jonathon -- Improov wrote:
>> Do the state/county/province names in table GEO follow ISO 3166-2?
>>
>> See eg in GEO: Surrey in UK is 'GBR-SURR' rather than 'GBR-SRY'.
>>
>> Is the following resource valid?:
>>
>> http://www.statoids.com/ugb.html
>>
>> Jonathon

[Guido Amarilla]

I found a List for other countries in Wikipedia. I used it to for my
country geo codes.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1

Each country has a link for the ISO_3166-2 codes (states/provinces)
(not available for every country)

Guido

2007/2/26, Rupert Howell <[hidden email]>:

> Hi Jonathon,
>
> I used to work for The Office for National Statistics here in the UK.
> UK Geography is a constantly changing headache. They have got quite a good
> description why on their website.
> http://www.statistics.gov.uk/geography/default.asp
>
> They also have a list of legal names, codes etc..
> http://www.statistics.gov.uk/geography/faq_names_codes_legal.asp
>
>
>
>
> Rupert Howell
>
> Provolve Ltd
>
> Technopole
> Kingston Crescent
> Portsmouth
> PO2 8FA
>
> Tel: [phone]
> E-mail: [hidden email]
> Web: www.provolve.com
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jonathon -- Improov [mailto:[hidden email]]
> Sent: 26 February 2007 13:07
> To: [hidden email]
> Subject: Re: Country names and state/county/province names follow ISO?
>
> Andrew,
>
> I can't find any comprehensive ISO 3166-2 listings either. The URL
> (statoids.com) I mentioned seem to have information to ISO 3166-2, probably
> because the author actually bought the ISO 3166-2 databases from iso.org at
> http://www.iso.org/iso/en/prods-services/iso3166ma/05database/index.html
> . I haven't verified this yet.
>
> Anyway, I heard the UK counties are a tricky thing to track, like say for
> Cleveland that is no longer existent but is still thought to exist by many
> folks living near that area. Ie, if I take out Cleveland in OFBiz data
> (assuming it was there), many UK users would complain.
>
> Jonathon
>
> Andrew Sykes wrote:
> > Jonathon,
> >
> > At the time I wrote these, I couldn't find any such resource - don't
> > know why - so no, they do not follow ISO 3166-2, if you'd like to look
> > into this, that would be great - unfortunately I don't have much time
> > at the moment to help - sorry.
> >
> > - Andrew
> >
> > On Sun, 2007-02-25 at 15:13 +0800, Jonathon -- Improov wrote:
> >> Do the state/county/province names in table GEO follow ISO 3166-2?
> >>
> >> See eg in GEO: Surrey in UK is 'GBR-SURR' rather than 'GBR-SRY'.
> >>
> >> Is the following resource valid?:
> >>
> >> http://www.statoids.com/ugb.html
> >>
> >> Jonathon
>
>

--
Guido Amarilla

[jonwimp]

Hey Guido,

Great find! I've been prowling that page so many times, I didn't see the ISO 3166-2 codes! Guess I
didn't scroll down enough. (I do tend to give up on emails if I have to scroll down a pageful of
quoting just to get to the email's message.).

Thanks! I don't have to use statoids.com anymore! (It's sometimes down.).

Jonathon

Guido Amarilla wrote:

> I found a List for other countries in Wikipedia. I used it to for my
> country geo codes.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1
>
> Each country has a link for the ISO_3166-2 codes (states/provinces)
> (not available for every country)
>
> Guido
>
> 2007/2/26, Rupert Howell <[hidden email]>:
>> Hi Jonathon,
>>
>> I used to work for The Office for National Statistics here in the UK.
>> UK Geography is a constantly changing headache. They have got quite a
>> good
>> description why on their website.
>> http://www.statistics.gov.uk/geography/default.asp
>>
>> They also have a list of legal names, codes etc..
>> http://www.statistics.gov.uk/geography/faq_names_codes_legal.asp
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Rupert Howell
>>
>> Provolve Ltd
>>
>> Technopole
>> Kingston Crescent
>> Portsmouth
>> PO2 8FA
>>
>> Tel: [phone]
>> E-mail: [hidden email]
>> Web: www.provolve.com
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Jonathon -- Improov [mailto:[hidden email]]
>> Sent: 26 February 2007 13:07
>> To: [hidden email]
>> Subject: Re: Country names and state/county/province names follow ISO?
>>
>> Andrew,
>>
>> I can't find any comprehensive ISO 3166-2 listings either. The URL
>> (statoids.com) I mentioned seem to have information to ISO 3166-2,
>> probably
>> because the author actually bought the ISO 3166-2 databases from
>> iso.org at
>> http://www.iso.org/iso/en/prods-services/iso3166ma/05database/index.html
>> . I haven't verified this yet.
>>
>> Anyway, I heard the UK counties are a tricky thing to track, like say for
>> Cleveland that is no longer existent but is still thought to exist by
>> many
>> folks living near that area. Ie, if I take out Cleveland in OFBiz data
>> (assuming it was there), many UK users would complain.
>>
>> Jonathon
>>
>> Andrew Sykes wrote:
>> > Jonathon,
>> >
>> > At the time I wrote these, I couldn't find any such resource - don't
>> > know why - so no, they do not follow ISO 3166-2, if you'd like to look
>> > into this, that would be great - unfortunately I don't have much time
>> > at the moment to help - sorry.
>> >
>> > - Andrew
>> >
>> > On Sun, 2007-02-25 at 15:13 +0800, Jonathon -- Improov wrote:
>> >> Do the state/county/province names in table GEO follow ISO 3166-2?
>> >>
>> >> See eg in GEO: Surrey in UK is 'GBR-SURR' rather than 'GBR-SRY'.
>> >>
>> >> Is the following resource valid?:
>> >>
>> >> http://www.statoids.com/ugb.html
>> >>
>> >> Jonathon
>>
>>
>
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