Zippopotamus API
Simple, open-ended access to postal codes
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This API is best for accessing geographic information on international postal codes.
Developers should use the Zippopotamus API for its flexibility and compatibility with a wide range of programming languages. It is easy to configure and allows developers to retrieve information from a comprehensive database of postal codes. With it, one could create applications targeted towards user location searches or provide an integrated dataset to their project.
Key features
- Enables users to search postal codes and retrieve associated geographic information such as state
- place name
- latitude and longitude
- and other related data
Potential use cases
- On Demand Delivery Service: Create a web or mobile app for on-demand delivery services, enabled by ZIP code searches for locations and items available for delivery.
- Urban Planning Solution: Create a solution for urban planning that leverages the Zippopotamus API to quickly assess land use zoning and zoning regulations according to international postal codes.
- Real Estate Opportunities: Use geolocation data from the postcode API to online access databases of available real estate opportunities in different locations.
The Zippopotamus API has been an invaluable addition to our project. With it, we were able to quickly locate high-resolution data on international postal codes allowing us to tailor our services according to user location. We highly recommend this API any developer working on related projects.
Related Technologies
- Google Maps Geocoding API
- Esri ArcGIS API
- PostCoder API