> googlemaps cross references long/lat with postcodes - are they using the > protected data under license or are they using other means?
For sites under a Google domain they geocode postcodes accurately, almost certainly having paid the correct licence fee to Royal Mail to do so and using reasonably up-to-date data. For sites using the Google Maps API on any other domain they only geocode the first parts of the postcode. They did, for a while, geocode the full postcode accurately, but had to withdraw this feature due to licensing issues: presumably their licence with Royal Mail only cover their own web sites. The API geocoding is also using older postcode data, as for a while the code changes around Cambridge weren't included even though they were on the Google sites. The API also has bugs in the postcode parser, so you sometimes end up with the wrong postcode being geocoded by Google. Anthony -- www.fonant.com - Quality web sites Fonant Ltd is registered in England and Wales, company No. 7006596 Registered office: Grafton Lodge, 15 Grafton Road, Worthing, West Sussex, BN11 1QR _______________________________________________ Mailing list [email protected] Archive, settings, or unsubscribe: https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/listinfo/developers-public
