
{"id":6364,"date":"2020-07-20T12:54:26","date_gmt":"2020-07-20T12:54:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gs1.se\/guides\/how-to-guides\/how-to-identify-locations\/"},"modified":"2024-10-25T11:05:06","modified_gmt":"2024-10-25T09:05:06","slug":"how-to-identify-locations","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/gs1.se\/en\/guides\/how-to-guides\/how-to-identify-locations\/","title":{"rendered":"How to identify locations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Here you learn how you can use GLN to share information about your company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>GLN (Global Location Number) is used to identify a company, location, or legal entity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you need more GLNs, you can create them using a <a href=\"https:\/\/gs1.se\/en\/standards-and-services\/gs1-company-prefix\/\">GS1 company prefix<\/a>. In order for your GLNs to be traceable to different addresses, you need to register them in My Places. 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