Help & FAQ
This P&A Ltd Help & FAQ is also an support site, it is a get-together of people with users of POC worldwide. End users and admin in their spare time come together here to learn about POC, share knowledge and try to help others solve their problems. In doing so, this sites puts a wealth of information at the fingertips of POC professionals all over the world. All questions submitted are displayed here as a questions and answers. You can use this powerful search facilities to quickly locate all the information you need.
Who we are?
What do we do?
We assess, customize, implement postcode/zipcode for any country in any region. We also create software that works with addresses.
Do you collect countries data? Which ones?
We collect GIS data related to country’s geographical paradigm that is needed to run POC system. The type of data we collect depends extensively on the country’s permission and agreement. However, for the POC system, we collect information such as, house number or name, street name or number, locality, and GIS information.
What is an address?
We define address:
A collection of information
e.g. house number, street name, postcode, country and city
Allows precise location of a building, apartment, or other structure
What is POC?
POC is our type of Postcode or Zipcode. POC is also our software system and our app.
Will Postcode help any country?
We define postcode as:
A short series of letters and/or numbers
Postcodes form part of an address
Attached to a geographical reference, showing exactly where a place is
Is POC secure?
POC is our type of Postcode. It is or Zipcode. Yes, POC is Affordable, Low Risk and Secure.
Does POC uses API?
Do all countries have address and postcode?
There are different types of addressing systems. Nearly every country has a different addressing system.
Most countries that have postcode system have the one that indicates the delivery zone or office. This is not very futuristic Postcode, we call it Post-zone or post-town or even postalcode. POC is futuristic, it takes you to your house, to the location you need, to that infrastructure, as the former, when a letter is sent to a given country or say address, it goes to a local post office for collection. When using POC, IT GOES TO YOUR DOORSTEP.
Most countries that have postcode system have the one that indicates the delivery zone or office. This is not very futuristic Postcode, we call it Post-zone or post-town or even postalcode. POC is futuristic, it takes you to your house, to the location you need, to that infrastructure, as the former, when a letter is sent to a given country or say address, it goes to a local post office for collection. When using POC, IT GOES TO YOUR DOORSTEP.
What is POC?
POC is our type of Postcode or Zipcode. POC is also our software system and our app.
How does POSTCODE POC appears on the streets and in the letters?
Bellow is how POC appears on street signs and in the letters.
Is Zipcode same as Postcode?
Yes, simplistically, Zipcode is same as Postcode, it is just known differently in different places, in the UK is known as Postcode and in the USA is known as Zipcodes.
Who are our clients?
Our clients are mainly government, municipalities as well as companies that need software which uses location to manage their assents.
Can clients Monetize from POC?
YES, the government can monetize from the POC, and we encourage that. Our licenses are free for our customers to do whatever they want to do.
What are the key elements of an conventional address?
There are various types of addresses. However, most will have 3 main elements such as house number, street name and postcode.
Is there fifference between postalzone and postcode/zipcode?
Nearly every country has a different addressing system.
Most countries have a postcode system which indicates the delivery zone or office, that is the postalzone. Postcode/Zipcode, is a set of addresses that indicates one precise location, whether a house, street, any infrastructure. It helps parcels to be dropped at your doorstep, not for you to have to collect them from the post office. When a letter is sent
to a given country, it needs to be addressed correctly and with the postcode in the position required by that country.
However, some countries do not have a postcode system or have one but do not use it. It this case, it goes to postoffice (postalzone, post-town).
Most countries have a postcode system which indicates the delivery zone or office, that is the postalzone. Postcode/Zipcode, is a set of addresses that indicates one precise location, whether a house, street, any infrastructure. It helps parcels to be dropped at your doorstep, not for you to have to collect them from the post office. When a letter is sent
to a given country, it needs to be addressed correctly and with the postcode in the position required by that country.
However, some countries do not have a postcode system or have one but do not use it. It this case, it goes to postoffice (postalzone, post-town).
What challenges countries face without postcodes?.
- Lack of effective tax collection from the governments
- Emergency services are almost impossible to reach and be reached
- Public services and others are often unseen
- Countries are losing huge opportunities for mass employment
- Loosing out on investment opportunities
- Much more
Without Poscode and addresses, there is a lack of legal identity, equal opportunities for employment and social integration, and exclusion from receiving basic human rights (UPU, 2022).
Does postcodes and addresses help countries?
| Government & Public Services |
| Revenue Generation through collections of building taxes, fees collection and business levis |
| Organise Elections, Statistics & Surveys |
| Geographical & Territorial Planning |
| Identification & location of peoples and businesses for tax and fees collection |
| Connectivity and Maximization of effectiveness to respond to public services |
| Streamline the management of business of entire government operations; People & Vehicles tax and fees |
| Business and Commerce |
| Logistical efficiency – delivery of goods |
| Logistical efficiency – supply chain |
| Economy of scale – cost cut |
| Increases investment opportunity |
| Put the country ahead of competitors that do not use POCSQUARE |
Is it allowed to display postcodes and addresses on private websites and apps?
Each country has their own policies and guidelines when its comes to allowing who and how to use their data. Meaning you need to contact local governments for permission.