WriteToThem handles them very basically... See section "Test for various special-case postcodes which lie outside the UK" here: http://github.com/mysociety/writetothem/blob/master/web/index.php
What it does in most cases is redirect people to this page: http://www.writetothem.com/about-elsewhere So not brilliant! Would be great to see them added as a patch to MaPit... Francis On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 05:15:56PM +0100, Paul Waring wrote: > I've just downloaded the NSPD and Code-Point Open datasets from the > mySociety MapIt cache. It's great being able to get hold of this > data for free (especially the NI part), but I noticed when looking > through it and testing the API that the Crown Dependencies don't > seem to be supported (e.g. GY9 3TR isn't found). I know that > technically these islands aren't part of the UK or Great Britain, > but they do operate a postcode system and exist in the Postcode > Address File. > > Has anyone managed to produce a dataset of the Crown Dependencies, > along a similar line to the Code-Point/NSPD ones, or know which > organisation is responsible for collecting this data? > > All I really want to know is: > > 1. Does a given complete postcode exist? (by looking it up on a list > of all issued postcodes) > > 2. What are the coordinates of the centre of the postcode? > > I'd also like to know the town, county and country name for each > outer postcode (e.g. IM1 is "Douglas, Isle of Man"), but given that > there are probably <100 of these I can probably just check Wikipedia > for each one. > > Thanks, > > Paul > > -- > Paul Waring > http://www.pwaring.com > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list [email protected] > Archive, settings, or unsubscribe: > https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/listinfo/developers-public > _______________________________________________ Mailing list [email protected] Archive, settings, or unsubscribe: https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/listinfo/developers-public
