On 12 August 2011 16:26, Tom Steinberg <[email protected]> wrote: > > Ah, yes. Didn't say this explicitly upthread but there are no postcodes > to > > collect. > > Perhaps it's time to auto generate postcodes with nice, short, > memorable codes, based on fully open data held at predictable URLs? > i.e time to introduce postcode the grass roots internet way? If you > could get someone like Amazon to start accepting them, and you'd be > away... >
It'd be the third or fourth... one even works in Garmin satnavs but it's also locked shut despite being basically a co-ord hash. The dampening field in place here is that the government has been "just about to" introduce an official one for the last 10-15 years. Currently it's actually out to tender (for a second time) and they put through some enabling legislation on the last day before the summer break. jh
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