Administrative boundaries are an essential tool for any geo-spatial analysis. For Poland, there are national administrative boundaries and names which are compatible with the NUTS system. In addition, there are higher fragmentation units based on Census data.

NUTS

NUTS Products are available at Levels 1-to-5 for Poland National, as follows:

	PL-NUTS-1	1	Whole country	~	38,570,000	inhabitants / polygon
	PL-NUTS-2	16	Regions	~	2,400,000	inhabitants / polygon
	PL-NUTS-3	45	Statistical sub-regions	~	860,000	inhabitants / polygon
	PL-NUTS-4	380	Districts	~	102,000	inhabitants / polygon
	PL-NUTS-5	2,554	Settlements	~	15,100	inhabitants / polygon

NUTS boundaries for Poland are derived from, and are compatible with Geo Strategies' vector products for the whole country. PL-NUTS products can be combined with any of the other geo-spatial products available for Poland: PL-Top, PL-Road, PL-Street, PL-Pop, PL-PostMap, PL-Lifestyle, PL-Specialist - depending on the application.

Postcodes

Postcode mapping is widely used for business analysis. This is a key instrument for mapping and analysing customers, the commercial environment and suppliers in terms of their spatial relationships. It also has major implications for lifestyle analysis in terms of wealth, education, health and other aspects of the environment.

One can produce thematically shaded maps, or simply search within boundaries to identify spatial trends in business and consumer demographics, marketing response rates, sales territories, school catchments and similar.

Postcode products for Poland (PL-PostMap) developed by Geo Strategies cover both National and Street level.

	PL-PostMap-2	99	~	390,000	inhabitants / polygon
	PL-PostMap-Warsaw	3,754	~	430	inhabitants / polygon
	PL-PostMap-Urban*	15,602	~	950	inhabitants / polygon
	PL-PostMap-Settlements	4,100	~	9,400	inhabitants / polygon

There are two types of PostMap products available for Poland: Centroids and Boundaries. In turn, the Boundary products are available at two different resolutions: High Resolution and Low Resolution. High Resolution boundaries are for the most demanding of applications. Low Resolution boundaries are intended for use with thematic mapping, the creation of large territories (e.g. Sales territories), or other applications where positional accuracy is less important. 

Both postcode centroids and boundaries can be used for geocoding specialist thematic data.

All PostMap products for Poland are derived from, and are compatible with Geo Strategies' vector products for the country. PL-PostMap products can be combined with any of the other geo-spatial products for Poland: PL-Top, PL-Road, PL-Street, PL-Pop, PL-NUTS, PL-Lifestyle, PL-Specialist - depending on the application.

As postal information is continuously changing, PL-PostMap products are scheduled for regular updates throughout the year.

Address

Address ranging information is available for Warsaw. This is available as a point-file, or as a database linked to the street level data for Warsaw (PL-Street-Warsaw).

We can assign coordinates (geo-code) to each record in your own data on request - see Data Services.

For further information, please contact Geo Strategies at:
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