Barry Hunter wrote:
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On 17/11/06, Dave Cross wrote:
Quoting Peter Bowyer
> On 16/11/06, Dave Cross wrote:
>> <<SNIP>>
>>
>>
>> Or, failing that, what other tools do people use to convert postcodes
>> to lat/long? It seems to me that the Google Maps GeoCoder object doesn't
>> understand UK postcodes.
>
> www.nearby.org.uk does brazillions of coordinate conversions and has
> REST and SOAP APIs at http://www.nearby.org.uk/api/convert-help.php
Oooh. That looks very useful. Thanks.
Who needs the BBC :)
The problem is that I (as in nearby.org.uk ) am unable to offer full
resolution postcodes, only offering sector postcodes, which aren't very
accurate.
Yeah, but I already had full postcodes that I wanted to convert to
lat/long. And your service did the job nicely. Thanks for providing it.
Dave...
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