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👋 Hi there! In this edition of The Geodata Insider, you'll discover the new Snowflake Data Sharing integration, which enables direct access to our datasets for seamless data access.

2:30 minute read

❄️ Query GeoPostcodes Data natively in Snowflake

🗺️ Major ZIP code boundaries update for Italy

🔎 Monthly changes

🌇 7,500 years of history: Origin of cities

Query GeoPostcodes Data natively in Snowflake

GeoPostcodes datasets are now available directly through Snowflake Data Sharing, letting you query global postal and administrative data securely in your Snowflake environment.

Access all private listings without manual uploads or transfers, always up to date and ready to use.

Simplify your pipelines, enhance governance, and scale operations effortlessly.

Book a meeting with our team to connect your Snowflake account and get started today.

Major ZIP code boundaries update for Italy

The updated Italian postal boundaries now offer smoother shapes and improved alignment with real-world features - closely following streets, buildings, and other man-made structures for greater accuracy and usability.

Postal Boundaries - Milano, Italy

Monthly changes

In October, we updated 1,932,693 rows in our postal database.

Full Postal & Street updates

United States

Postal database patches

(small changes)

Canada (postcode/coordinates), China (duplicate divisions/coordinates), Japan (duplicate divisions/coordinates), Laos (coordinates), Oman (duplicate divisions/coordinates), Malaysia (town name), Myanmar (duplicate divisions/coordinates), South Korea (administrative divisions), Spain (coordinates)

Postal boundary updates

Italy

Postal boundary patches (small changes)

Croatia, Estonia, Guatemala, India, Israel, New Zealand, Paraguay, Republic of North Macedonia, Russia, South Africa, South Korea, Serbia, Tanzania, Thailand, Vietnam

Admin boundary patches (small changes)

Austria, Finland, South Korea, Switzerland, United States

For a detailed changelog, take a look at the CSV file.

7,500 years of history: Origin of cities

Have you ever wondered how the world’s first cities came to be, and why we still build them the same way thousands of years later?

It all started around 7,500 BCE, when villages in Mesopotamia grew into trade hubs like Uruk and Eridu, powered by agriculture, storage, and exchange.

As people gathered to trade grain, ideas, and tools, cities became early data network, tracking goods, people, and taxes on clay tablets.

Fast-forward a few millennia, and cities evolved into engines of innovation, from Rome’s road networks to industrial London’s railways.

Even today, the logic remains the same: cities thrive where people, infrastructure, and information intersect.

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Kind regards,

Jerome & the GeoPostcodes team

PS: Interested in previous Monthly Product Updates? Read here.