Address Guidelines for Bahamas

Follow these guidelines to provide input that GeocodeAddressGlobal can successfully geocode. For additional information about Bahamian addresses, see the Postal Service in the Bahamas website: http://bahamas-guide.info/travel.basics/postal.services/

  • Required fields—Addresses must contain a city. Postal codes are not used in Bahamas.
  • 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, house number indicators, and abbreviations used in addresses and can geocode these addresses successfully.
Note: Postal geocoding is not available with Bahamas.