On Mar 9, 10:30 am, Martin™ <[email protected]> wrote: > > If that's true then is full postcode accuracy likely to remain a > feature or is it something that the Royal Mail could terminate at any > time?
It's certainly true. Postcode accuracy has increased since the UK Government's programme of releasing official data reached the Ordnance Survey. Note: the *geocoding* of postcodes is not the Royal Mail's; that belongs to Ordnance Survey. The matching of *addresses* to postcodes (the Postcode Address File) belongs to Royal Mail and that is not released. The practical upshot is that postcodes can be shown on a map with quite good accuracy -- a centroid is always approximate -- but reverse geocoding to an actual address won't necessarily have the same accuracy. It's entirely possible that a future government could reverse the policy, but not likely. It's not easy to enforce copyright or database right on material which is already effectively in the public domain. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Maps API V2" 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.
