Thanks a lot for the input there. I've decided to go ahead and use the geocoder service and hope the postcode accuracy doesn't degrade in the future.
Martin. On Mar 9, 12:13 pm, Andrew Leach <[email protected]> wrote: > 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.
