Thanks, I'll look into that one. I did laugh at the idea that NZ Post might be precious about sharing their database given that they return mail that doesn't have a postcode on it. I get that they probably want the traffic but repeat visits from a small group of people doesn't really increase their revenue making opportunities.
Sarah On Saturday, May 11, 2013, Jeremy @ Last Season wrote: > Hey guys, > > At www.lastseason.co.nz we use http://addressfinder.co.nz/ It works > really well for us and is free if you don't do more than 1,000 lookups per > month. > > Kind Regards, > > > > Jeremy > > jeremy@lastseason·co·nz > w lastseason·co·nz <http://lastseason.co.nz/> p 0800 LASTSEASON m > 021 472 349 skype jeremymould > Last Seasons Top Brands - On Sale - ALWAYS > > On 10/05/2013, at 11:54 PM, Bruce Clement <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Interesting question, I've been pondering the possibility of an open > postcode directory recently. > > I'm not keen on screenscraping as a data source myself. The data isn't > really Free (Libre) and more pragmatically there's too much chance of > lawsuits and minor formatting changes breaking things. > > With a bit of publicity and careful explanation of the project's aim it > should be possible to get people to "donate" address / post-code pairings > to an open database. > > The founder of OpenStreetMap has started a sister project called Free The > Postcode http://www.freethepostcode.org/ which is working on developing a > list for the UK. Who knows, a polite request might obtain their software to > ease starting a project for NZ. > > OpenStreetMap itself is interested in postcodes, but the NZ page > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/New_Zealand_sub-projects lists > postcodes as still to do - there may be some partial data there. > > > > On Fri, May 10, 2013 at 9:16 PM, Sarah King > <[email protected]>wrote: > > Nothing like bumping an ancient thread but has anyone written anything to > query the NZPost site? Curl or anything simila? > > I gather they're considering building an API but nobody has returned my > calls so I have no idea if it's imminent (so hang fire) or shelved (so > build something). > > thanks > > Sarah > > > > > *Sarah King* > Tel: 09 815 8642 | Mobile: 0273 711 298 > http://www.itamer.com > http://www.roommatecabins.co.nz > [image: Twitter] <http://www.twitter.com/itamer> [image: > LinkedIn]<http://nz.linkedin.com/in/sarahking> > Contact me: [image: Google Talk] rainchx [image: Skype] sarah.king > > > > > On Fri, Jan 18, 2008 at 6:11 PM, Chris Burgess <[email protected]>wrote: > > NZ Post's Postcode finder could do with a hand - eg a search for "Seaview > Road, Piha" produces a postcode of 0200 (that would be *Paihia*, Bay of > Islands). The same search details work on all the overseas mapping sites > I've tried. > > Searches on NZ Post with 'Town/City' set to "Waitakere", "Henderson", > "Auckland" all produce no results. The correct answer is (obviously) > <http://maps.google.co.nz/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=piha+to+new+lynn&sll=-41.244772,172.617188&sspn=17.599324,39.375&ie=UTF8&z=12&om=0> > > -- > -- > NZ PHP Users Group: http://groups.google.com/group/nzphpug > To post, send email to [email protected] <javascript:_e({}, > 'cvml', '[email protected]');> > To unsubscribe, send email to > [email protected] <javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', > 'nzphpug%[email protected]');> > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NZ PHP Users Group" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] <javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', > 'nzphpug%[email protected]');>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- *Sarah King* Tel: 09 815 8642 | Mobile: 0273 711 298 http://www.itamer.com http://www.roommatecabins.co.nz [image: Twitter] <http://www.twitter.com/itamer> [image: LinkedIn]<http://nz.linkedin.com/in/sarahking> Contact me: [image: Google Talk] rainchx [image: Skype] sarah.king -- -- NZ PHP Users Group: http://groups.google.com/group/nzphpug To post, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NZ PHP Users Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
