Posted AT 5:10 PM EDT on 19/07/02
Small GIS firm pushes for universal area code
A small Canadian company is seeking support to standardize a new address system that would work with maps, geographic databases and GPS systems to make life easier for everyone from travellers to postal workers."We originally developed this because we thought there was a need for some sort of international postal code - every country has a different system and it's confusing," Xinhang Shen, president of Toronto-based software developer NAC Geographic Products Inc.
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