Swiss Postal Addresses

A list of all swiss postal addresses known according to a data set provided by the Swiss Post.

No warrenty for completeness and correctness! Use at your own risk.

Usage

1. Download the file swiss-addresses.csv.gz
2. Extract file with gunzip swiss-addresses.csv.gz.
3. Use as follows:
   1. Use the entire file with all the addresses.
   2. Grep for matches with e.g. grep "AG;5420;" swiss-addresses.csv
   3. Extract a random sample with e.g. shuf -n 20 swiss-addresses.csv

Generating Addresses based on New Version of the Data from the Swiss Post

1. Login to the Swiss Post Website (or create a new user account first).
2. Download the current Address- und Geodaten. Make sure to get both the data as well as the current explanations (Strassenverzeichnis_mit_Sortierdaten_DE).
3. Unzip the csv file, rename it to input.csv and copy it to this folder.
4. Run npm install to make sure you have all necessary dependencies.
5. Delete the existing output file with rm swiss-addresses.csv.
6. Run the extraction with node --max-old-space-size=4096 index.js
7. Verify the output in swiss-addresses.csv. If the output seems to be incorrect, consult the guide Strassenverzeichnis_mit_Sortierdaten_DE and fix the extraction code accordingly :-).