Specify a Country Outside of the U.S.

Canadian and Mexican locations are specified using a province or estado abbreviation after the city name. If PC*Miler Worldwide or DTOD data is installed, you may specify a country outside of North America.

NOTE: The correct region must also be set in PC*Miler Connect. The default region is North America unless it is changed.

Countries outside of North America may be identified using:

• A FIPS two-letter abbreviation (for example, “Paris, FR”)
• An ISO2, ISO3, GENC2 or GENC3 code.

By default PC*Miler Worldwide accepts country abbreviations as FIPS codes. To use another country code format, you can set it in the PC*Miler user interface, under Application Settings > Worldwide. Alternatively, you can add a line to the PCMSERVE.INI file in the Options section. The .INI setting overrides whatever is set in PC*Miler.

For example:

[Options]
CountryAbbrevType=ISO2

Using postal codes

You can also specify a country when entering a stop with a postal code.

When you are using European postal codes, you need to enter a country abbreviation because the same postal code may exist in more than one country. Outside of the USA and Canada, a postal code is also often shared by a group of nearby towns, villages or neighborhoods, each with its own latitude/longitude. In order to route to a particular town, you must include the town name along with the postal code and country (for example, “22021 Visgnola, IT” instead of “22021, IT”).