Available file formats

Complimentary CSV format files of countries, names, languages, postal formats, etc. are freely available in the Resources section.

CSV

CSV file are always UTF-8 encoding with ; as separator. Files can me imported to almost any system including GIS applications.
Datasets available in this format: Administrative regions, postal codes, postal codes polygos and streets.

ASC

Alternative normalized ASCII version in CSV with no accents and diacritics.

SQL

This are CSV files with UTF-16 big endian encoding designed for import to Microsoft SQL Server, wich does not import UTF-8 encoded files.
Datasets available in this format: Administrative regions, postal codes, postal codes polygos and streets.

CPKG

A popular format of QGIS, files have UTF-8 encoding and with projection EPSG:4326.
Datasets available in this format: Administrative regions, postal codes, postal codes polygos and streets.

GML

A popular format of GPS systems, files have UTF-8 encoding and with projection EPSG:4326.
Datasets available in this format: Administrative regions, postal codes, postal codes polygos and streets.

SHP

A popular format of GIS systems as Arc Gis and QGIS, files have UTF-8 encoding and with projection EPSG:4326.
Datasets available in this format: Administrative regions, postal codes, postal codes polygos and streets.

Geo JSON

A popular format of for websites use with javascript or jQuery, files have UTF-8 encoding and with projection EPSG:4326.
Datasets available in this format: Administrative regions, postal codes, postal codes polygos and streets.

XLS

Microsoft Excel files. Available only on request if you have any doubt or problem importing the CSV file into Excel. Note that Excel is size-row limited, so not all datasets can be imported. Datasets available in this format: Administrative regions, postal codes.