ORTWIN

SDThis tool can help find details of places and their postal codes in the states of Germany.

ORTWIN is a community directory and local search database. This will help you make state-wide inquiry of the localities in Germany. You will be able to locate places, neighborhoods, postal codes, telephone pre selections, coordinates, elevations, landscape, etc. It will be able to provide climate data for these localities. It is possible to carry out perimeter searches as well as do distance calculations. The database is updated on a regular basis. The search results sub-window is a floating one and can be placed anywhere on the display. Travel areas and solar radiation data are new metrics included in the databases. The window content can be edited as GIF and BMP files. Besides postal zip codes, telephone pre selections, coordinates and ground level elevations can also be found. The program determines municipal codes, local center points, car license plate; UN/LOCODEs, topographic maps, and much more could be found out.

LOCODEs are worldwide codes identifying location of country and various transport related facilities in the country. The localities data in Germany are arranged hierarchically into the structures of federal state, administrative district, rural district, town, municipality, local quarter and domicile. You will be able to access landscape data such as natural units and climate data, snow and wind load zones and how isolated a place is. Through perimeter searches, you would be able to find postal codes of areas lying in a radius around a place and can be clearly represented by a comfortable perimeter search. This data can be put together in a list, saved as a file and printed out. This is a very good product.

ORTWIN is a program for the state-wide inquiry of the localities, postal codes and telephone selections in Germany. It finds postal zip codes, telephone pre selections, coordinates and ground level elevations. The program determines municipal codes, local center points, car license codes, topographic maps, Unlocodes and much more. It arranges localities hierarchically into the structures federal state, administrative district, rural district, town, municipality, local quarter and domicile. The program performs perimeter searches and distance calculations. It finds landscapes on different levels, natural units and snow- and wind load zones of all localities. In a radius around a place or around a postal code area covered localities and postal areas can be clearly represented by a comfortable perimeter search. They can also be arranged in a list, stored as a file and printed. For the local inquiries and perimeter searches a data base with more than 120.000 geo coded localities is available. The program represents local data, determined by local inquiries and perimeter searches, in graphic overviews and data lists. The program supports conversions between different coordinate systems and the distance calculation between the places. It calculates with Gauss Krueger coordinates referring to the Potsdam Datum (Bessel ellipsoid, Rauenberg) and with Geographic Coordinates on the geodetic datum WGS84. It also works with UTM coordinates, which refer to the datum ETRS89 (GRS80, geocentric). The functionality of the program is described in a detailed electronic manual. The program can be run on most common networks and it is possible to use Terminal Services on WINDOWS Servers. The client installations are done automatically.