On Mon, Sep 1, 2008 at 4:58 PM, warden [Andrew Leach - Maps API Guru] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sep 1, 4:01 pm, Mike Evans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> 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? > > It does work.
So they do! There was a time when they stopped, but can confirm they seem to be working (again) now. I have some automated tests and they stoped working for sector. I havnt checked for a couple of months. Guess should checked at the time of posting. As someone says "Geocoders change". and sorry for misleading info! > Some are rather a funny shape, which can cause the > marker to be positioned at an unexpected location (postcodes are > marked at the centroid of the sector). > > In particular, BN22 is split into two non-contiguous parts, and BN22 7 > is rather larger than one might expect. The marker is correctly placed > in Desmond Road at the centroid of the sector. > > Guess my postcode sector... > > Andrew > > > -- Barry - www.nearby.org.uk - www.geograph.org.uk - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Maps API" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Maps-API?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
