MediaKitchen yes Google Maps API did have Full Postcode Geocoding for approx 3 months (Early July 2007 - September 2007) but was a mistake and now only goes to sector centroid. real answer In order to have full UK postcode geocoding - you will have to purchase 'codepoint' from the Ordnance Survey. (They update it geographically for Royal Mail) Licensing depends of what you are going to use it for. useage on commercial website will be more than an offline database. http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsite/products/codepoint/
but try...at your own desgression Google AJAX Search (local search) can still geocode UK postcodes fully but likely to change and there are terms to be met using it. Yahoo does geocode UK postcodes fully but require it to be on their mapping api. Multimap (now Mircosoft owned) is the only one still with full uk and historic postcodes. Commercial business use is at cost. 192.com has full postcode but only allowed to use it with their api. Virtual Earth has address point included but only to used with Virtual Earth API http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsite/products/addresspoint/ Try Free the Postcode (incomplete but getting there) http://www.freethepostcode.org/currentlist Mapperz http://mapperz.blogspot.com/ On Oct 28, 9:05 pm, Mediakitchen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I need to choose a solution for geocoding full UK postcodes and have > found the localSearch to be the most accurate solution so far. > > However I have heard due to legal reasons, this is going to be > downgraded in terms of how accurate it is. Can anyone tell me if this > is correct and when it is likely to happen? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
