Address Guidelines for Venezuela

Follow these guidelines to provide input that GeocodeAddressGlobal can successfully geocode. For additional information about Venezuelan addresses, see the IPOSTEL website: http://www.ipostel.gob.ve/

  • Required fields—Addresses must contain a city. House numbers are not available in the data. VEN does not consider postal codes in addresses.
  • Thoroughfare types—Thoroughfare types and their common abbreviations are recognized and fully supported on input and output.
  • Common words and abbreviations—The geocoder recognizes common words, directionals, and abbreviations used in addresses and can geocode these addresses successfully.
Note: Postal geocoding is not available with Venezuela.