Location data

[Jens Theisen]

Hello,

is there a downloadable database of location data in the form that the LocationCriterionService provides?

With that, a lot of requests to the API could be avoided.

Cheers, Jens

[Peter Oliquino]

Hi Jens,

You may refer to the geo targeting spreadsheet for the complete list of targetable locations supported by the AdWords API. Let me know if this helps.

Best regards,

Peter

AdWords API Team

[Jens Theisen]

Hi Peter,

that certainly helps, thanks a lot.

There's one thing I've noticed though: The location search of the AdWords API relies on more information that is present in the downloadable CSV:

If I enter the names of local city districts, it can correctly find matching zip codes, although those names don't appear in the CSV.

I think we can probably do without, but ideally I'd have that data too.

Cheers,

Jens

[Peter Oliquino]

Hi Jens,

I'm afraid that the TargetType = Postal Code rows in the geo targeting spreadsheet currently does not support local names in the Name and CanonicalName columns. You may follow our blog for any updates or announcements if such information can be made available in future versions of the AdWords API or also regularly look up the spreadsheet itself for updates.