Operating in China’s shipping ecosystem feels like navigating a maze without a map. What makes that country so challenging? Its size, ambiguities in the concept of "city," the quality of available sources, and restrictions around sharing geodata outside of China.
This is the puzzle that GeoPostcodes' team has finally solved.
“In a country where access to location data is extremely restricted, misplaced goods, costly delays, and strained customer relationships is a hot-topic amongst our customers. One of our global shipping customers nearly incurred millions in losses during a Shanghai-based project due to address inaccuracies” - Simon Vandemoortele, CEO at GeoPostcodes
With over a decade of experience, GeoPostcodes specializes in curating precise location datasets, purpose-built to support logistics companies in optimizing supply chain performance, whether it’s through precise address validation, tariff calculation, or CO2 estimations.
“As experts in the address data landscape, our team dedicated months of time and resources to filter and extract data from reliable sources to build today’s version of the database, complete with postal, address and coordinates for China” - Simon Vandemoortele
Companies such as CarbonCare, the global CO2 calculator for all modes of transportation worldwide, rely on this data to perform accurate mileage and CO2 emission calculations, including sea, air, and ferry transportation in complex countries such as China, Thailand, or Pakistan.
Another Fortune 500 cloud networking and cybersecurity specialist uses GeoPostcodes’ zip codes with coordinates to guarantee a 2-hour service restoration and ensure business continuity for their customers. They can estimate team availability and required stock levels based on demand trends, providing their customers with the best experience across 138 countries, including China
“Our mission is to remove the barriers that unreliable data creates in the supply chain,” says Simon. “We know the stakes in global logistics operations, especially in markets like China. That’s why we focus on delivering data that supply chains can trust, even in complex countries.” - Simon Vandemoortele
GeoPostcodes provides the world’s most comprehensive address data for Enterprise customers.
Our database includes zip codes, cities, administrative areas, and population density for 247 countries, available as 15.9M points (geocoding) and 880k boundaries (polygons).
It is updated weekly to maintain the highest data quality and includes challenging countries such as China, Brazil, Russia, and the United Kingdom.
We complement that data with use-case-specific additional datasets such as Time zones, UNLOCODE, IATA codes, and comprehensive City definitions.
We have a team of GIS experts with 15 years of experience dedicated to each account, ensuring timely integration of our data in your software of choice and an accurate answer to all your location data questions.
124 Fortune 500 companies trust our location data, including IBM, DB Schenker, Ernst & Young, and Amazon.