Address Guidelines for Bahamas

Follow these guidelines to provide input that Geocode Address Global 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.