Comments on: Ordnance Survey to release postcode data? http://ernestmarples.com/blog/2009/12/ordnance-survey-release-postcode-data-royal-mail-postzon-codepoint/ Just another WordPress site Fri, 30 Jul 2010 22:19:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Harry http://ernestmarples.com/blog/2009/12/ordnance-survey-release-postcode-data-royal-mail-postzon-codepoint/#comment-184 Harry Tue, 29 Dec 2009 11:30:54 +0000 http://ernestmarples.com/blog/?p=70#comment-184 No, no objection -- but you should know that (on the insistence of Ordnance Survey), Google's API returns coordinates that aren't very precise. Yahoo's is a bit better. The bigger problem with both, though, is that they're rate-limited and restricted by quotaa. So unsuitable if you're geocoding lots of things every day. No, no objection — but you should know that (on the insistence of Ordnance Survey), Google’s API returns coordinates that aren’t very precise.

Yahoo’s is a bit better.

The bigger problem with both, though, is that they’re rate-limited and restricted by quotaa. So unsuitable if you’re geocoding lots of things every day.

]]> By: GooGeo http://ernestmarples.com/blog/2009/12/ordnance-survey-release-postcode-data-royal-mail-postzon-codepoint/#comment-183 GooGeo Mon, 21 Dec 2009 14:59:50 +0000 http://ernestmarples.com/blog/?p=70#comment-183 The thing is this UK post code geo location information is not exactly locked down - Google freely distribute it! Had a bit of a play around at the weekend and came up with a homage to your efforts: http://goo-geo.appspot.com PS: Just reply to this post and let me know if you want me to pull the site - I did this to prove to myself I could, not to steal anybody's thunder ;-) The thing is this UK post code geo location information is not exactly locked down – Google freely distribute it!
Had a bit of a play around at the weekend and came up with a homage to your efforts:
http://goo-geo.appspot.com

PS: Just reply to this post and let me know if you want me to pull the site – I did this to prove to myself I could, not to steal anybody’s thunder ;-)

]]> By: Open Government & Open Data | Dafydd Vaughan http://ernestmarples.com/blog/2009/12/ordnance-survey-release-postcode-data-royal-mail-postzon-codepoint/#comment-182 Open Government & Open Data | Dafydd Vaughan Tue, 15 Dec 2009 23:27:30 +0000 http://ernestmarples.com/blog/?p=70#comment-182 [...] More information about the release of post code data can be found on the Ernest Marples blog. [...] [...] More information about the release of post code data can be found on the Ernest Marples blog. [...]

]]> By: Gavin Jamie http://ernestmarples.com/blog/2009/12/ordnance-survey-release-postcode-data-royal-mail-postzon-codepoint/#comment-181 Gavin Jamie Fri, 11 Dec 2009 13:22:16 +0000 http://ernestmarples.com/blog/?p=70#comment-181 The suggestion that changing to lat/long from eastings and northings changes it to derived data is of course completely mad. That doesn't mean it is not true though. Presumably you could send out eastings and northings in response to a Rot13 of the postcode! The suggestion that changing to lat/long from eastings and northings changes it to derived data is of course completely mad. That doesn’t mean it is not true though.

Presumably you could send out eastings and northings in response to a Rot13 of the postcode!

]]> By: Harry http://ernestmarples.com/blog/2009/12/ordnance-survey-release-postcode-data-royal-mail-postzon-codepoint/#comment-180 Harry Thu, 10 Dec 2009 18:26:51 +0000 http://ernestmarples.com/blog/?p=70#comment-180 Tom -- Yes. Codepoint. In fact Royal Mail buy location data from OS -- not the other way round. Really, it's all very strange. Tom — Yes. Codepoint. In fact Royal Mail buy location data from OS — not the other way round.

Really, it’s all very strange.

]]> By: Tom Hughes http://ernestmarples.com/blog/2009/12/ordnance-survey-release-postcode-data-royal-mail-postzon-codepoint/#comment-179 Tom Hughes Thu, 10 Dec 2009 17:43:57 +0000 http://ernestmarples.com/blog/?p=70#comment-179 The question is, do Ordnance Survey actually have a postcode database that they can release? ie one that is encumbered by data licensed from Royal Mail? Somehow I doubt it - my suspicion is that a civil servant somewhere was drawing up a list of data sets the OS could release and saw the OS post code data listed and thought that sounded like a good idea without considering that it might be encumbered. The question is, do Ordnance Survey actually have a postcode database that they can release? ie one that is encumbered by data licensed from Royal Mail?

Somehow I doubt it – my suspicion is that a civil servant somewhere was drawing up a list of data sets the OS could release and saw the OS post code data listed and thought that sounded like a good idea without considering that it might be encumbered.

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