Trying to convert address data to points? Check out the Geocoding Addresses page instead
Tables often reference countries, states, or other regions without including the geometry themselves. Historically, you’d have to join this data with other datasets to work with it on a map. Felt does this automatically with Geomatching.
Data will be checked for the geographic regions listed below and converted to polygon geometries when possible. Optionally, hints present in the column name can be used to choose among valid matches, such as “zip” used to name a column of U.S. ZIP codes.
| Source | Example Values | Column Name Hints | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Countries | Natural Earth Admin 0 | ||
| United States point of view | Names: United States, Ukraine |
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ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 codes: US, UA |
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ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 codes: USA, UKR |
country, nation, adm0, admin0, admin-0 |
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| Global First-Order Admin Areas | Natural Earth Admin 1 | ||
| States, provinces, etc. | Names: California, Kiev |
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ISO 3166-2 codes: US-CA, UA-32 |
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Admin-1 codes: USA-3521, UKR-321 |
state, province, adm1, admin1, admin-1 |
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| Global Time Zones | OSM Timezone Boundary Builder | Names: America/Los_Angeles, Europe/Kyiv |
tz, tzinfo, timezone, time zone |
| EU Statistical Units (NUTS 1) | Eurostat GISCO Reference Data | Names: Thüringen, Αττική |
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NUTS codes: DEG, EL3 |
state, province, region, nuts |
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| EU Statistical Units (NUTS 2) | Eurostat GISCO Reference Data | Names: Lazio, Θεσσαλία |
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NUTS codes: ITI4, EL61 |
state, province, region, nuts |
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| EU Statistical Units (NUTS 3) | Eurostat GISCO Reference Data | Names: Eure-et-Loir, Essex Thames Gateway |
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NUTS codes: FRB02, UKH37 |
state, province, region, nuts |
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| EU Local Admin. Units (LAU) | Eurostat GISCO Reference Data | Names: Eggendorf im Traunkreis, Čejč |
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LAU codes: AT_41004, 586099 |
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GISCO codes: AT_41004, CZ_586099 |
municipio, municipality, commune, comuni, gemeinde, lau |
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| US States | U.S. Census 2022 boundary file | Names: California, New York |
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Postal codes: CA, NY |
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FIPS codes: 06, 04000US36, 0400000US48 |
state |
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| US Counties | U.S. Census 2021 boundary file | FIPS codes: 06001, 05000US36061, 0500000US48453 |
county |
| US CBSAs | U.S. Census 2022 boundary file | Names: San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA, New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area |
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FIPS codes: 41860, 33000US35620, 3300000US12420 |
cbsa |
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| US Zip Codes | USPS ZIP locale detail | ||
| U.S. Census 2012 boundary file | |||
| U.S. Census 2022 boundary file | ZIP codes: 94612, 06511 |
zip, zipcode, postcode |
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| US Census Tracts | U.S. Census 2022 boundary file | FIPS codes: 06001402900, 14000US09170141900, 1400000US48453001103 |
tract |
Sometimes we can’t match all the codes in your data. You can check how well the Geomatching process went by clicking on the Review accuracy prompt after upload. Or you can toggle these results any time you want from the overflow menu (three dots) in the upper corner by clicking on Review accuracy...
You can download the Geomatching Results in order to fine-tune your input if needed.
See the Troubleshooting Data Problems page for common upload failures and how to fix them.