FODBOSA

Example Record

Field	Example	Type
id	fodbosa_1000000|3048|21007|fr	string
dataset	fodbosa	string
country	Belgium	string
country_iso	BEL	string
country_iso_2	BE	string
language	fr	string
address	5	string
line_1	rue Rodenbach 5 - boîte bt08	string
latitude	50.82029	number
longitude	4.34422	number
epsg_31370_x	148270.73200	string
epsg_31370_y	167761.35000	string
epsg_4326_lat	50.82029	string
epsg_4326_lon	4.34422	string
address_id	1000000	string
box_number	bt08	string
house_number	5	string
municipality_id	21007	string
municipality_name_de	Empty in this example	string
municipality_name_fr	Forest	string
municipality_name_nl	Vorst	string
postcode	1190	string
postname_fr	Empty in this example	string
postname_nl	Empty in this example	string
street_id	3048	string
streetname_de	Empty in this example	string
streetname_fr	Rue Rodenbach	string
streetname_nl	Rodenbachstraat	string
region_code	BE-BRU	string
status	current	string

Every field is documented below.

Core Metadata

id string

ID

Example fodbosa_1000000|3048|21007|fr

dataset string

Dataset

Dataset the address originates from.

Example fodbosa

Enum

• "fodbosa"

language string

Language

Language represented by 2 letter ISO Code (639-1)

Example fr

Enum

• "de"
• "fr"
• "nl"

country string

Country

Full country names (ISO 3166)

Example Belgium

Enum

• "Belgium"

country_iso string

Country ISO

3 letter country code (ISO 3166-1)

Example BEL

Enum

• "BEL"

country_iso_2 string

Country ISO 2

2 letter country code (ISO 3166-1)

Example BE

Enum

• "BE"

status string

Status

Address lifecycle status assigned by the data supplier. Only current addresses are indexed and served, so this is always current. The supplier's remaining codes (proposed, reserved, retired, rejected) are filtered out.

Example current

Address Components

address string

Address

House number, duplicated from house_number for consistency with other datasets. It does not identify the address on its own: boxes on the same number differ only by box_number.

Can be empty string "" if not present.

Example 5

line_1 string

Address Line 1

First address line. Street name, house number and, where present, box number, rendered in the address language.

Can be empty string "" if not present.

Example rue Rodenbach 5 - boîte bt08

box_number string

Box Number

Box or apartment number.

Can be empty string "" if not present.

Example bt08

house_number string

House Number

House number.

Can be empty string "" if not present.

Example 5

postcode string

Postcode

Postal code. 4 digits, first digit non-zero.

Example 1190

postname_fr string

Postname FR

Post town name in French.

Can be empty string "" if not present. Brussels Capital Region addresses carry no post names - use municipality_name_fr instead.

Example Empty in this example

postname_nl string

Postname NL

Post town name in Dutch.

Can be empty string "" if not present. Brussels Capital Region addresses carry no post names - use municipality_name_nl instead.

Example Empty in this example

Municipality & Region

municipality_id string

Municipality ID

Municipality local identifier (NIS code) assigned by the data supplier.

Example 21007

municipality_name_de string

Municipality Name DE

Municipality name in German.

Can be empty string "" if not present.

Example Empty in this example

municipality_name_fr string

Municipality Name FR

Municipality name in French.

Can be empty string "" if not present.

Example Forest

municipality_name_nl string

Municipality Name NL

Municipality name in Dutch.

Can be empty string "" if not present.

Example Vorst

region_code string

Region Code

ISO 3166-2 code of the region in which the address is located. One of BE-BRU (Brussels Capital Region), BE-VLG (Flanders) or BE-WAL (Wallonia).

Example BE-BRU

Street Information

street_id string

Street ID

Street local identifier assigned by the data supplier.

Example 3048

streetname_de string

Street Name DE

Street name in German.

Can be empty string "" if not present.

Example Empty in this example

streetname_fr string

Street Name FR

Street name in French.

Can be empty string "" if not present.

Example Rue Rodenbach

streetname_nl string

Street Name NL

Street name in Dutch.

Can be empty string "" if not present.

Example Rodenbachstraat

Geolocation

latitude string

Latitude

Example 50.82029

longitude string

Longitude

Example 4.34422

epsg_31370_x string

EPSG 31370 X

X coordinate of the address in the BD72 / Belgian Lambert 72 (EPSG:31370) coordinate system.

Example 148270.73200

epsg_31370_y string

EPSG 31370 Y

Y coordinate of the address in the BD72 / Belgian Lambert 72 (EPSG:31370) coordinate system.

Example 167761.35000

epsg_4326_lat string

EPSG 4326 Lat

Latitude of the address in the WGS84 (EPSG:4326) coordinate system. String form of latitude.

Example 50.82029

epsg_4326_lon string

EPSG 4326 Lon

Longitude of the address in the WGS84 (EPSG:4326) coordinate system. String form of longitude.

Example 4.34422

Reference IDs

address_id string

Address ID

Address local identifier assigned by the data supplier.

Not unique on its own - the three regional files each number from scratch, so the same identifier can appear once per region. Use id, or (address_id, street_id, municipality_id), to identify an address.

Example 1000000