Dan Q3d ago

TIL that you can convert a two-letter ISO country code into the emoji of the flag of that country like this (I'll use France [FR] as an example):

1. Get the ASCII character code of each letter: F = 70, R = 82.
2. Add 127,397 to each; now you have F = 127,467 and R = 127,479.
3. Use those as unicode codepoints (🇫 🇷)
4. Concatenate both to get the emoji: 🇫🇷

Magic! 🤩

🔗 More about how this works, plus an interactive to play with - https://danq.me/iso-country-codes-to-flags

#iso3166 #iso #standards #unicode #emoji #flags

Converting ISO Country Codes to Flag Emojis

Did you know that there's a simple formula you can use to convert from an ISO two-letter country code to the emoji of the flag of that country. I've made an interactive thingy to demonstrate it, and shared some other fun things I've learned while playing around with ISO 3166 and flag emoji.

Dan Q
Claude TrudelMar 20, 2025
ISO 3166
➡️ Codes des noms de pays
▶️ La Norme internationale des codes des noms de pays et de leurs subdivisions
#ISO3166 #ISO #code #pays #ONU #poste #courrier #passeport #OBP #international
nyckiDec 9, 2024

Small victories: Informed someone at work today that they don't have to make up two-letter codes for every country we work with because there's a standards doc for that already!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ISO_3166_country_codes

#iso3166 #smallwins

List of ISO 3166 country codes - Wikipedia

Volker StolzDec 6, 2024
TIL about GB-SCT and #ISO3166-2 that that gives geocodes to administrative divisions. Well played my 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 friend, well played.
Patrick MevzekNov 14, 2024
Le sort du #ccTLD .io peut être lié à la récente élection aux USA: https://domainincite.com/30531-will-donald-trump-be-ios-white-knight "US President-Elect Donald Trump’s incoming administration is reportedly looking into torpedoing a deal between the UK and Mauritius that raises serious questions about the future of the .io ccTLD." mais à https://www.icann.org/en/blogs/details/the-chagos-archipelago-and-the-io-domain-14-11-2024-en#main l' #ICANN confirme être prête à exécuter sa procédure de retrait d'un TLD (avec une fenêtre de 5 ans) s'il n'est plus en état "assigné" dans #ISO3166 (Il sera "réservé" alors).
Will Donald Trump be .io’s white knight? - Domain Incite

US President-Elect Donald Trump's incoming administration is reportedly looking into torpedoing a deal between the UK and Mauritius that raises serious questions about the future of the .io ccTLD. According to The Independent, Trump wants to veto the deal that would see the UK cede sovereignty over most of the Chagos islands, currently known as

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Mark DixonJun 25, 2024
Anyone know why the BBC think Australia are playing? #NEDAUT #iso3166
Ahmet ÇadırcıMar 9, 2024

ISO 3166 kodları, ülkelerin benzersiz kodlarını belirler. ISO 3166 ülke kod bilgileri ve listesi, uluslararası işlemlerde kullanılır.

https://iso.ahmetcadirci.com #isokodlari #iso3166 #iso

ISO 3166 Ülke Kodları - Uluslararası Standardizasyon Örgütü (ISO)

ISO 3166 Ülke kodları, genel amaçlı kod olarak önerilen iki harfli bir kod (Alpha-2), ülke adıyla daha yakından ilişkili olan üç harfli bir kod (Alpha-3) ve üç basamaklı bir sayısal kod (sayısal-3) olarak gösterilebilir.

Ahmet ÇadırcıJan 4, 2024

ISO 3166 Kodları, ülkelerin kısa kodlarını belirleyen bir standarttır. Bu kodlar, uluslararası işlemlerde kullanılır ve ülkelerin tanınmasını kolaylaştırır. ISO 3166 Kodları hakkında daha fazla bilgi için https://iso.ahmetcadirci.com adresini ziyaret edebilirsiniz.

🌍 #ISO3166 #ÜlkeKodları #ISO

ISO 3166 Ülke Kodları - Uluslararası Standardizasyon Örgütü (ISO)

ISO 3166 Ülke kodları, genel amaçlı kod olarak önerilen iki harfli bir kod (Alpha-2), ülke adıyla daha yakından ilişkili olan üç harfli bir kod (Alpha-3) ve üç basamaklı bir sayısal kod (sayısal-3) olarak gösterilebilir.

PxtlNov 21, 2023

Aside: I notice we use both #CaPoli and #CanPoli here in Canada. I will never forgive the internet standards people for going with the 2-letter iso names instead of the 3-letter ones for country-TLDs and language-codes.

3-letter codes would prevent the "is CA Canada or California".

The biggest countries use 2-letter state/prov codes, so 3-letter countries would prevent ambiguity.

My site should be Pxtl.can, written in en-can not Pxtl.ca written in en-ca.

#Iso3166

Evan Centanni (PolGeoNow)Apr 16, 2023

#ISO appears to have changed SHORT name of the #Netherlands in its widely-used #countrycodes list from "Netherlands (the)" to "Netherlands (Kingdom of the)", making it same as the official long version name. This would usually follow a change at the UN. Anyone know what's going on?

https://iso.org/obp/ui/#iso:code:3166:NL

#ISO3166 #geography #toponymy @geography @geopolitics @politicalscience