# Geo lookups using Canadian postal codes

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/geo-lookups-using-canadian-postal-codes/215230>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [January 16, 2020, 12:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/geo-lookups-using-canadian-postal-codes/215230 "2020-01-16T00:32:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![Rob\_wylde](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rob_wylde/32/58231_2.png) [@Rob\_wylde](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Rob_wylde)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2020, 12:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/geo-lookups-using-canadian-postal-codes/215230/1 "2020-01-16T00:32:19Z")

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Has anyone come across a solution for this? I know maxmind mmdb's are not an option. So i think im stuck possibly writing a custom filter to query a google api and to be honest I do not even know where to begin with that task. Hoping to find something already built before I go down that path.

Thanks in advance

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**Author:** ![Badger](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/badger/32/25190_2.png) [@Badger](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Badger)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2020, 12:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/geo-lookups-using-canadian-postal-codes/215230/2 "2020-01-16T00:47:55Z")

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[This](https://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/41/where-can-i-find-canadian-postal-code-geometries) thread contains some related information.

The concensus seems to be that

a) the data is not freely available (except to non-profits) and  
b) the Canadian government are making a big mistake by not fixing that.

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**Author:** ![Rob\_wylde](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rob_wylde/32/58231_2.png) [@Rob\_wylde](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Rob_wylde)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2020, 1:30am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/geo-lookups-using-canadian-postal-codes/215230/3 "2020-01-16T01:30:22Z")

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yes, this is widely know which is why I posted my question the way i did. I believe that I've answered my own question and will try using a dictionary file with the translate filter.

Thanks for the input

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2020, 1:30am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/geo-lookups-using-canadian-postal-codes/215230/4 "2020-02-13T01:30:23Z")

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