At 15:57 +0100 29/3/06, Graeme Mulvaney wrote:
Postcodes are for delivering letters - they're not a standardised way to locate things - the coordinates relate to the postmans walking route and can change from time to time.
I am reliably informed that Post Office use "mailsort codes" for routing post, and not postcodes. There is a mapping between the two, of course.
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