Lyle wrote: > Hi All, > I've got a client who has a large database of clubs around the UK. > They want to have a club locator pretty much the same as ASDAs store > locator:- > http://www.asda.co.uk/corp/storelocator_frameset/storelocator_frameset.htm > > Where you put in your town or postcode and it'll bring up the closest clubs. > > I haven't done anything like this before, but I'm guessing there is some > standard (ish) system that I get get to through Perl? Anyone have > experience with this kind of thing, or know what I should be looking for? > > A CPAN search has brought up > http://search.cpan.org/~wross/Geo-Postcode-0.15/lib/Geo/Postcode.pm > But the more exact grid references I'm going to need to get the PAF from > royal mail (over 2k per year), or possibly use an online system like > http://www.alliescomputing.co.uk/ Web SOAP... > > Hmm.. Maybe I should code a Web SOAP extension for Geo::Postcode? > > > Lyle > > _______________________________________________ > BristolBathPM mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.bristolbath.org/mailman/listinfo/bristolbathpm > We needed to do something similar at work, I think me bos used Pythagoras's therom and the paf data although I seem to remember something about a PHP function that did something with the PAF data
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