Omniscope is a powerful tool for GIS and locational analytics. From version 2.9, Omniscope includes not only boundary overlay (shapefile) management, but also links to a number of free and subscription cloud-based GIS services, like geo-location and advanced spatial processing on remote servers.
In this section you will find documentation and other resources to help you make the most of the geographic and other coordinate mapping capabilities of Omniscope.
Offline mapping [1] -
Freely-installable vector maps that zoom while the user is offline are available from the Maps Library [1]
Coordinate merge/lookup files [2] -
Lookup or merge files are Omniscope files containing columns of useful data you can quickly add to your own files using merge operations. Geographic coordinates for countries, cities and post codes can be imported into Omniscope files using lookup/merge files like those below.
From version 2.6, the Lookup data menu available from the DataManager workspace contans an increasing number of useful data sets ready to merge into your files. For users of Professional 2.5 and prior, below we offer a free library of Omniscope IOK format merge files containing decimal latitudes and longitude coordinates as well as other useful reference data.
Using images as map backgrounds -
Any image, including street-level screenshots from online mapping services can be imported as an image and used as a map background in Omniscope. Use a reference source like Google Earth to pinpoint the decimal longitude and latitude of the points in the lower left and upper right hand corners of the image, then use Omniscope's Map View: View Tools > Change map projection command to re-calibrate the image to decimal longitude and latitude for correct display of your records on the image. See Projection transformation [3].
Below you will find links to free vector maps for use in Omniscope files. These maps will open and zoom offline as well as online. If you use these maps in a file you send to others, the map will automatically be downloaded and installed on their computer as well.
Almost all these maps now support decimal latitude/longitude coordinates like those used in the Google Maps/Earth mapping options. Maps with names shown in red do not yet support decimal latitude/longitude. Contact us [4] if you need a converted version, or alternatively you can place your record markers manually on these maps.
Note: These city maps do not at present use a common coordinate system and cannot be used with latitude/longitude data. Instead markers must be placed on the map manually using Place markers in the Map view.
London, centre [215] (467kb) | Paris, lightweight [216] (1.93mb) |
Omniscope comes with a detailed multi-layered world map using a Mercator projection, as shown in the images below. A variation of this map is also available with slightly higher detail and including North American states. Both world maps use the decimal Latitude/Longitude coordinate system.
World, high detail [218] (6.6mb) | For Robinson and other projections please contact us [217] |
All Visokio applications include a multi-layer Mercator World Map that supports the decimal latitude and longitude coordinate system. These vector maps can be installed and/or embedded in files to work offline and allow users to zoom in without loss in image quality. Multiple layers allow users of the file to selectively show or hide map detail features such as roads, towns and physical relief...with just a mouse click.
In addition to the included World Map, our Maps Library also includes free country maps for every country in the world, as well as a growing number of city maps. Unless otherwise indicated, these downloadable maps support the Mercator decimal latitude and longitude coordinate system. Some maps in the Library (those not marked with an asterisk) do not yet support this standard. Maps that do not yet support this standard require coordinates to be placed manually using the application. If you need a particular map that is not yet converted to the Mercator decimal projection, please contact us about converting it.
Data sets containing decimal latitude and longitude coordinate columns are plotted on corresponding decimal coordinate maps automatically. Depending on your data set, you may be able to use Merge Files [2] to add geographic coordinate data to your files. Reference sources such as Google Earth and Wikipedia can be used to search for, copy & paste missing coordinates in the appropriate decimal format. Alternatively, missing coordinates can be filled in by placing records on either Visokio embedded or online Google Maps manually, allowing the application to estimate the coordinates and add the data to your file.
In addition to embedded vector maps that work offline, all Visokio applications support creating combined displays or overlays ('mash-ups') using Google Maps while connected to the Internet. Omniscope files can also be used together with Google Earth (experimental feature).
Adding more maps to your locally-installed Visokio maps folder is simple:
If you create and distribute Omniscope project files using Visokio maps, the maps can be embedded, and anyone receiving your files will be prompted to automatically download the required maps from this Maps Library. More information on using maps with Omniscope is available in the User Guide section Using Maps [219].
Lookup or merge files are Omniscope files containing columns of useful data you can quickly add to your own files using merge operations. Geographic coordinates for countries, cities and post codes can be imported into Omniscope files using lookup/merge files like those below.
From version 2.6, the Lookup data menu available from the DataManager workspace contans an increasing number of useful data sets ready to merge into your files. For users of Professional 2.5 and prior, below we offer a free library of Omniscope IOK format merge files containing decimal latitudes and longitude coordinates as well as other useful reference data.
Add data columns such as the latitudes and longitudes of capital or major cities or the geographic centres of countries to your files automatically using our By Countries, By Cities or By Post Codes merge files. Once merged into your data sets, these addtional columns of geographic coordinates permit your records to be plotted automaticaly in the Map View, using either embedded vector maps (that work offline) or the zooming online mapping services available in the Map View.
Map Coordinates by ISO Country Codes (with capital cities):
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Use this free merge file to import decimal map coordinates if your data includes ISO 2 or 3-letter, or numeric, codes. This file also includes official ISO spellings of Country Names and Capital cities in English. You can import coordinates of capital cities or the geographic centre of the countries, or both. |
Note: the flag images cannot be merged in with the data. Instead, you must download the flag images from the image catalogue [222], export the flag images to a folder, then associate the images with your file using the ISO 2-letter codes you can import from this file.
Use this free merge file to add decimal coordinates of about 57,000 cities based on the city (and ideally also the country) names in your file. There are some duplicate city names, so either you must specify the country name/ISO code columns as additional join/merge criteria, or filter the file to remove countries and duplicate cities not in your file. Instructions and links to further help are contained in the file. |
These Omniscope merge files contain columns of geographic coordinates (decimal longitudes and latitudes) keyed to post codes. If your data sets include a column of postal codes, you can use these IOK files to add geographic coordinates to your files.
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Use this free merge file to add decimal longitude and latitude columns corresponding to the centres of British 4-character Post Codes, plus 6-digit British Ordinance Survey coordinates, to your files. This file can also be used to add Post Codes to files containing Ordinance Survey coordinates. Instructions and links to further help are contained in the file. Note: a full character UK post code file is available from the DataManager workspace Lookup data menu (2.6+) |
Use this free merge file to add decimal longitude and latitude columns corresponding to the centres of 42,192 5-digit Zip Code districts, including those located outside the 50 States. Contains two formats, 5 digits of zero-padded text, and unpadded integer numbers (up to 5 places). Instructions and links to further help are contained in the file. |
France | ![]() | French Post Codes Merge File [229] (IOK) 127 KB |
Germany | ![]() | German Post Codes Merge File [230](IOK) 183 KB |
Italy | ![]() | Italian Post Codes Merge File [231] (IOK) 122 KB |
Belgium | ![]() | Belgian Post Codes Merge File [232] (IOK) 32 KB |
Denmark | ![]() | Danish Post Codes Merge File [233] (IOK) 20 KB |
Switzerland | ![]() | Swiss Post Codes Merge File [234] (IOK) 63 KB |
Australia | ![]() | Australian Post Codes Merge File [235] (IOK) 71 KB |
Canada | ![]() | Canadian Post Codes Merge File [236] (IOK) 43 KB |
Spain | ||
Use the above free merge files to add map coordinates based on post code fields (columns) in your data. Other country files are available... if you need another country, please contact us. [4] For a list of available Maps, see our Maps Library [1].
Links:
[1] http://kb.visokio.com/kb/maps-library
[2] http://kb.visokio.com/merge-files
[3] http://kb.visokio.com/projection-transformation
[4] http://kb.visokio.com/contact
[5] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Afghanistan.ilf
[6] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Albania.ilf
[7] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Algeria.ilf
[8] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/American Samoa-United States.ilf
[9] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Andorra.ilf
[10] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Angola.ilf
[11] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Antigua and Barbuda.ilf
[12] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Argentina.ilf
[13] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Armenia.ilf
[14] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Australia.ilf
[15] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Austria.ilf
[16] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Azerbaijan.ilf
[17] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Bahamas.ilf
[18] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Bahrain.ilf
[19] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Bangladesh.ilf
[20] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Barbados.ilf
[21] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Belarus.ilf
[22] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Belgium.ilf
[23] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Belize.ilf
[24] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Benin.ilf
[25] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Bermuda-UK.ilf
[26] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Bhutan.ilf
[27] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Bolivia.ilf
[28] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Bosnia.ilf
[29] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Botswana.ilf
[30] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Brazil.ilf
[31] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Brunei.ilf
[32] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Bulgaria.ilf
[33] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Burkina Faso.ilf
[34] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Burundi.ilf
[35] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Cambodia.ilf
[36] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Cameroon.ilf
[37] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Canada.ilf
[38] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Cape Verde.ilf
[39] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Cayman Islands-UK.ilf
[40] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Central African Republic.ilf
[41] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Chad.ilf
[42] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Chile.ilf
[43] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/China.ilf
[44] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Colombia.ilf
[45] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Comoros.ilf
[46] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Congo.ilf
[47] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Costa Rica.ilf
[48] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Croatia.ilf
[49] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Cuba.ilf
[50] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Cyprus.ilf
[51] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Czech Republic.ilf
[52] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Democratic Republic of Congo.ilf
[53] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Denmark.ilf
[54] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Djibouti.ilf
[55] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Dominica.ilf
[56] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Dominican Republic.ilf
[57] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Easter Island-Chile.ilf
[58] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Ecuador.ilf
[59] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Egypt.ilf
[60] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Equatorial Guinea.ilf
[61] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Eritrea.ilf
[62] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Estonia.ilf
[63] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Ethiopia.ilf
[64] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Fiji.ilf
[65] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Finland.ilf
[66] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/France.ilf
[67] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Gabon.ilf
[68] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Gambia.ilf
[69] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Georgia.ilf
[70] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Germany.ilf
[71] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Ghana.ilf
[72] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Greece.ilf
[73] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Grenada.ilf
[74] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Guadeloupe-France.ilf
[75] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Guam & Northern Mariana Islands-United States.ilf
[76] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Guatemala.ilf
[77] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Guinea.ilf
[78] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Guinea Bissau.ilf
[79] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Guyana.ilf
[80] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Haiti.ilf
[81] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Honduras.ilf
[82] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Hungary.ilf
[83] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Iceland.ilf
[84] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/India.ilf
[85] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Indonesia.ilf
[86] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Iran.ilf
[87] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Iraq.ilf
[88] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Ireland.ilf
[89] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Israel.ilf
[90] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Italy.ilf
[91] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Ivory Coast.ilf
[92] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Jamaica.ilf
[93] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Japan.ilf
[94] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Jordan.ilf
[95] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Kazakhstan.ilf
[96] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Kenya.ilf
[97] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Kiribati.ilf
[98] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Kuwait.ilf
[99] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Kyrgyzstan.ilf
[100] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Laos.ilf
[101] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Latvia.ilf
[102] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Lebanon.ilf
[103] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Lesotho.ilf
[104] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Liberia.ilf
[105] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Libya.ilf
[106] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Liechtenstein.ilf
[107] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Lithuania.ilf
[108] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Luxembourg.ilf
[109] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Macedonia.ilf
[110] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Madagascar.ilf
[111] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Malawi.ilf
[112] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Malaysia.ilf
[113] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Maldives.ilf
[114] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Mali.ilf
[115] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Malta.ilf
[116] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Marshall Islands.ilf
[117] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Martinique-France.ilf
[118] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Mauritania.ilf
[119] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Mauritius.ilf
[120] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Mexico.ilf
[121] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Micronesia.ilf
[122] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Moldova.ilf
[123] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Monaco.ilf
[124] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Mongolia.ilf
[125] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Montserrat-UK.ilf
[126] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Morocco.ilf
[127] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Mozambique.ilf
[128] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Myanmar or Burma.ilf
[129] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Namibia.ilf
[130] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Nauru.ilf
[131] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Nepal.ilf
[132] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Netherlands.ilf
[133] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Netherlands Antilles-Netherlands.ilf
[134] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/New Providence-Bahamas.ilf
[135] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/New Zealand.ilf
[136] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Nicaragua.ilf
[137] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Niger.ilf
[138] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Nigeria.ilf
[139] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/North Korea.ilf
[140] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Northern Lesser Antilles.ilf
[141] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Norway.ilf
[142] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Nouvelle Caledonie-France.ilf
[143] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Oman.ilf
[144] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Pakistan.ilf
[145] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Palau.ilf
[146] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Panama.ilf
[147] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Papua New Guinea.ilf
[148] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Paraguay.ilf
[149] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Peru.ilf
[150] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Philippines.ilf
[151] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Pitcairn-United Kingdom.ilf
[152] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Poland.ilf
[153] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Portugal.ilf
[154] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Puerto Rico-USA.ilf
[155] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Qatar.ilf
[156] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Romania.ilf
[157] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Russia.ilf
[158] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Rwanda.ilf
[159] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Saba and Sint Eustasius-Netherlands.ilf
[160] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Saint Kitts and Nevis.ilf
[161] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Saint Lucia.ilf
[162] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.ilf
[163] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Salvador.ilf
[164] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Samoa.ilf
[165] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/San Marino.ilf
[166] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Sao Tome and Principe.ilf
[167] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Saudi Arabia.ilf
[168] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Senegal.ilf
[169] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Serbia and Montenegro.ilf
[170] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Seychelles.ilf
[171] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Sierra Leone.ilf
[172] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Singapore.ilf
[173] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Slovakia.ilf
[174] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Slovenia.ilf
[175] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Solomon Islands.ilf
[176] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Somalia.ilf
[177] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/South Africa.ilf
[178] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/South Korea.ilf
[179] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Spain.ilf
[180] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Sri Lanka.ilf
[181] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Sudan.ilf
[182] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Surinam.ilf
[183] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Swaziland.ilf
[184] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Sweden.ilf
[185] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Switzerland.ilf
[186] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Syria.ilf
[187] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Tahiti & Archipel de la Societe-France.ilf
[188] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Taiwan.ilf
[189] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Tajikistan.ilf
[190] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Tanzania.ilf
[191] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Thailand.ilf
[192] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Togo.ilf
[193] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Tonga.ilf
[194] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Trinidad and Tobago.ilf
[195] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Tunisia.ilf
[196] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Turkey.ilf
[197] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Turkmenistan.ilf
[198] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Turks and Caicos-UK.ilf
[199] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Tuvalu.ilf
[200] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Uganda.ilf
[201] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Ukraine.ilf
[202] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/United Arab Emirates.ilf
[203] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/United Kingdom.ilf
[204] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Uruguay.ilf
[205] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/USA.ilf
[206] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Uzbekistan.ilf
[207] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Vanuatu.ilf
[208] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Vatican.ilf
[209] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Venezuela.ilf
[210] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Vietnam.ilf
[211] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Virgin Islands.ilf
[212] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Yemen.ilf
[213] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Zambia.ilf
[214] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/countries/Zimbabwe.ilf
[215] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/cities/London.ilf
[216] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/cities/Paris-light.ilf
[217] http://kb.visokio.com/contact-form
[218] http://kb.visokio.com/maps/worlds/World-detailed.ilf
[219] http://kb.visokio.com/using-maps
[220] http://kb.visokio.com/files/Resources/VisokioMergeFiles291/291_Countries_800x600.jpg
[221] http://kb.visokio.com/files/mergefiles/ISOCodesCountriesEnglish.iok
[222] http://kb.visokio.com/image-sets
[223] http://kb.visokio.com/files/Resources/VisokioMergeFiles291/291_Cities_800x598.jpg
[224] http://kb.visokio.com/files/mergefiles/ISOCodesCities.iok
[225] http://kb.visokio.com/files/Resources/VisokioMergeFiles291/291_GBPostCodes_800x600.jpg
[226] http://kb.visokio.com/files/mergefiles/PostalCodesGB4Char.iok
[227] http://kb.visokio.com/files/Resources/VisokioMergeFiles291/291_USZipCodes_800x600.jpg
[228] http://kb.visokio.com/files/mergefiles/PostalCodesUS5DigitZip.iok
[229] http://kb.visokio.com/files/mergefiles/PostalCodesFrance.iok
[230] http://kb.visokio.com/files/mergefiles/PostalCodesGermany.iok
[231] http://kb.visokio.com/files/mergefiles/PostalCodesItaly.iok
[232] http://kb.visokio.com/files/mergefiles/PostalCodesBelgium.iok
[233] http://kb.visokio.com/files/mergefiles/PostalCodesDenmark.iok
[234] http://kb.visokio.com/files/mergefiles/PostalCodesSwitzerland.iok
[235] http://kb.visokio.com/files/mergefiles/PostalCodesAustralia.iok
[236] http://kb.visokio.com/files/mergefiles/PostalCodesCanada.iok