Re: FN-FORUM: Yes, its the postcode question again! only slightly different

date posted 26th January 2007 09:16

Like you said, there's lots of attempts at free postcode databases.
The simple fact is there isn't any way to get ahold of up to date data
on this without buying or stealing it. Anyone hosting a free service
has obtained the data either from an out of date source (the last time
a dataset was publicly available free was more than five years ago) or
they've "borrowed" a dataset and don't have a legitimate license to
distribute it.

Having said that, I'm pretty sure the Google Maps API allows you to
put in an address and get back geographic coordinates.

On 26 Jan 2007 09:51:34 -0000, Duncan Glendinning
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>
> Morning all,
>
> I know we have discussed postcodes over and over again, but for me the
> situation still seems not to be resolved.
> I am building a website for a client which will bring up local info,
> based on a city, country or region that the person enters on the start
> page. I would also like to allow them to enter a postcode, and it
> bring up the nearest town/city.
> I know there are now dozens of independent "Free the postcode"
> movements out there, but do you guys know that any of them are
> comprehensive enough?
> Ideally I am guessing I need some form of mapping of the first part of
> the postcode to the towns and cities, so it may not need to be that
> comprehensive, I would like to hear all of your thoughts on this.
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Duncan
>
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