The Royal Mail, who own the copyright to UK postcode geography, won't sell Google a licence to redistribute that information. They will sell Google a licence to use the info on their own pages, so a UK postcode codes correctly on maps.google.com. Under the API, Google are not licensed to use that information, but are allowed to geocode the "outcode" half of the postcode. In this case "W11".
Apparently W11 is an alias for Butterfield Rd, Vernon Hills Illinois. The geocoder has to decide whether to return that or Hammersmith, London. (W12 2JU is in The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, but the centre of W11 is in Hammersmith). -- http://econym.org.uk/gmap The Blackpool Community Church Javascript Team --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
