Street types and abbreviations
Calle, avenida and plaza, often written C/, Avda. or Pza.
Geocoding addresses in Spain
Spain is planned in the first European wave, on CartoCiudad, the national address and road dataset of the CNIG and the IGN. It is not ingested yet.
Source and licence
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Source | CartoCiudad, Instituto Geográfico Nacional (IGN) and Centro Nacional de Información Geográfica (CNIG) |
| Licence | CC BY 4.0 (Orden FOM/2807/2015), as recorded in the licence register generated at ingestion |
| Attribution | Required. Shown as “CartoCiudad <year> CC-BY 4.0 scne.es”, next to the data; “Obra derivada de …” is added for a derived dataset |
| Other Spanish sources | Addresses from other bodies, such as the cadastre, may carry different conditions and are not used until confirmed |
| Measured match rate | Published with the public benchmark, once the country is ingested |
No coverage or accuracy figure is announced before it is measured.
Spanish specifics we plan to handle
Postcodes
Five digits, where the first two identify the province.
Co-official languages
Street names in Catalan, Basque or Galician next to their Spanish forms.
Messy input
Abbreviations, typos and missing parts are repaired and scored, as described on the pricing page.
Spain questions
When will Spain be available?
It is planned in the first European wave, after France. There is no date yet.
Do I have to credit CartoCiudad?
Yes. CC BY 4.0 requires attribution. Each Addrova response carries the source and licence, in the form “CartoCiudad <year> CC-BY 4.0 scne.es”, so that you can display them.