Sectors where supported for a while, but it now seems to be outcode only :(

Its gone roughly IIRC: very little (some outcodes) -> full postcode ->
sector -> outcode

(Royal Mail make no claims over outcode geocoding, but are twitchy about sector)


On Mon, Sep 1, 2008 at 4:01 PM, Mike Evans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Hi, I understand that the API will not geocode full UK postcodes due
> to Royal Mail licensing reasons. Having searched the group, it appears
> that geocoding to the postcode sector (e.g. EC2A 4) is supported:
>
> http://groups.google.com.au/group/Google-Maps-API/browse_thread/thread/aa3b7f8d71c01622/4b69850592b70fd2?lnk=gst&q=sector#4b69850592b70fd2
>
> However, it seems that geocoding to sectors works for some postcodes
> (like the one above) but not others (e.g. BN22 7), at least for me.
>
> Can anyone confirm if they have geocoding to UK postcode sectors
> working, and/or if this is official supported by Google?
>
> Cheers,
> Mike
>
> >
>



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Barry

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