2009/10/7 Adrian Short <[email protected]>: > 2. If the user's browser supports geolocation *and* you ask them for > their postcode as part of a seemingly natural interaction then you can > easily crowdsource a postcode/geocode database as part of another > application without having to get people to go to FreeThePostcode. > > This could be done on FixMyStreet which presumably uses a licenced > database. Over time it could build its own replacement database > perfectly legally without reusing any of the licenced data.
I don't see this working. I imagine people generally use iPhone browsing precisely because they are not at home, so the geolocation information will be wrong. Add to this that people generally don't know the postcode of where they currently are, only of where they live. Phil _______________________________________________ Mailing list [email protected] Archive, settings, or unsubscribe: https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/listinfo/developers-public
