Address Guidelines for Finland

Follow these guidelines to provide input that GeocodeAddressGlobal can successfully geocode. For additional information about the Finland postal system, see the Posti kuluttajille website: http://www.posti.fi/. Finnish postal codes are managed by Itella Corporation. For information, see http://www.itella.fi/english/servicesandproducts/addressservices/postalcodeproducts/.

• Required fields—Addresses must contain either a city or a postal code.
• Thoroughfare types—Finnish thoroughfare types and their common abbreviations are recognized and fully supported on input and output. Swedish thoroughfare types are also supported.
• Common words and abbreviations—Common words, directionals, house number indicators, and abbreviations used in addresses are supported.
• Numbers, numeric equivalents, and ordinals—Numbered streets are mapped to the named equivalents. Ordinals are also recognized in input addresses.