Ian Moss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi,
(first post...big wave from Manchester)
I think the hard part with the map data in the UK is that you need a
Post
Code to x/y(used in the google api)
convertor.
The UK post code data is all copyrighted/protected/owned. Unlike the
US
zip code data, which the geocoding
APIs, like yahoo's, also use
There does seem to be a couple of work arounds using multimap and a
scraper.
But that's far from ideal.
http://www.nearby.org.uk/api/convert-help.php seems to offer an option.
Peter
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