[backstage] A couple of neat things recently
Hi All, I've finally made it back from the north of England. Had a very good time in Newcastle and Leeds. But I was made aware of two nice technologies which might be useful for Backstage Prototypes in the future. First up is Comet which is basically a server push without any client interaction. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comet_(programming) And the second one is Adobe's Apollo. Which is a cross-OS runtime that allows developers to leverage their existing web development skills (Flash, Flex, HTML, Ajax) to build and deploy desktop Rich Internet Apps. Although this sounds a lot like XulRunner, it might worth checking out because its more like a massive widget engine. http://labs.adobe.com/wiki/index.php/Apollo Both are bookmarked under backstagebbc - http://del.icio.us/backstagebbc Ian Forrester || backstage.bbc.co.uk - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/
Re: [backstage] Web API issue with Radio Four?
Hi Pete, Indeed. Is there any sign of this service moving from prototype/beta to something more/less? Good question. I've talked to a few people a month or so ago about a properly supported public facing API to our schedule data. The summary is that there is a desire to do it, but there is no definite timescale (yet). On the particular issue of streams it fascinates me that there seem to be so many - I presume the feeds listed by the API are somehow different from the main site feeds (Radio 1 has been down for quite a while now). This is easier. The API was set up a while ago and we entered the streams as they stood at the time. Due to us mainly using the data and multicast streams, we haven't tracked the changes in the unicast streams. Sorry. So do let us know when you find things going wrong, we're not always aware of them. When I get a chance I'll update the streams. Cheers, Andrew BBC Research On Wed, Nov 15, 2006 at 02:46:27PM -, Pete Cole wrote: Hi Andrew, This is the fun with experimental prototypes, eh? On the particular issue of streams it fascinates me that there seem to be so many - I presume the feeds listed by the API are somehow different from the main site feeds (Radio 1 has been down for quite a while now). Pete. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andrew McParland Sent: 15 November 2006 10:44 To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk Subject: Re: [backstage] Web API issue with Radio Four? Hi Pete, You're right, the problem with the API (and backstage TV-Anytime files) missing certain days of Radio 4 has now been fixed. Thanks for the report on the streams, there does seem to be a problem - I'll investigate. This is the fun with experimental prototypes, eh? Andrew BBC Research On Tue, Nov 14, 2006 at 02:49:52PM -, Pete Cole wrote: Hi, This (Radio Four listing) problem seems to have gone away, but some of the real audio streams listed by the API don't seem to work (they give the ever helpful 'General Error'). I haven't checked 'em all, but radio 1,2,3 and 4 seem 'dead' but 5 live is OK. Pete Cole. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andrew McParland Sent: 14 November 2006 10:03 To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk Subject: Re: [backstage] Web API issue with Radio Four? Hi Mario, Thanks for reporting this. I'll investigate further. Andrew BBC Research On Mon, Nov 13, 2006 at 07:15:29PM +, Mario Menti wrote: Hi - there seems to be a problem with the Web API and Radio Four data at the moment: Try http://www0.rdthdo.bbc.co.uk/services/api/bbc.schedule.getProgrammes .h tmland select Radio Four - I get Code 152, no matches found. Other radio and TV channels seem to be OK. Probably just temorary, but thought I'd mention it anyway.. Cheers, Mario. - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/ - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/ - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/ - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/ - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/
Re: [backstage] A couple of neat things recently
Hi Ian, Adobe's been (rather silently) doing the odd live online conference for future Apollo developers. Keep an eye out on Adobe's events page. The next one is scheduled for Nov 28th: http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/event/index.cfm? event=detailid=648909loc=en_us I must admit, the quality and lack of problems in the previous presentation was surprising considering the mix of slides, live voip, live screencasts and live QA. Anyone here attending MiniCamp tomorrow? P.S. I'm trying to transfer this list to my other mail account but the delay on the manual subscriber approval has been a few days - broke or busy? Regards, Gareth Rodger W: http://www.garethrodger.com E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 16 Nov 2006, at 12:22, Ian Forrester wrote: Hi All, I've finally made it back from the north of England. Had a very good time in Newcastle and Leeds. But I was made aware of two nice technologies which might be useful for Backstage Prototypes in the future. First up is Comet which is basically a server push without any client interaction. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comet_(programming) And the second one is Adobe's Apollo. Which is a cross-OS runtime that allows developers to leverage their existing web development skills (Flash, Flex, HTML, Ajax) to build and deploy desktop Rich Internet Apps. Although this sounds a lot like XulRunner, it might worth checking out because its more like a massive widget engine. http://labs.adobe.com/wiki/index.php/Apollo Both are bookmarked under backstagebbc - http://del.icio.us/ backstagebbc Ian Forrester || backstage.bbc.co.uk - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/ mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail- archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/
[backstage] Yet another traffic site
Hello all, Came across this site by accident. Don't see it mentioned in the prototypes. Uses the Microsoft map. http://www.trafficeye.co.uk/ Al. Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/
RE: [backstage] Web API issue with Radio Four?
Hi Andrew, When I get a chance I'll update the streams. If you could, I'll be grateful - the widget competition winner is a rather useless without them and whilst it may not be overloading your servers I know there are (were) a few people using it regularly. Due to us mainly using the data and multicast streams, we haven't tracked the changes in the unicast streams. So multi-cast is more reliable? Perhaps its time for me to go back to the multi-cast modem - though I thought that was all 'trial' as well. Being cheeky - is there anything that is reliable - other than html scraping? I just hate scraping stuff, but I do see that in all your sample widgets'n'things they seem to use radio streams gleaned from the web site (e.g. the wmp streams) rather than from any API/public listing. The benefit of being on the inside I suppose. Thanks Pete. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:owner- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andrew McParland Sent: 16 November 2006 13:44 To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk Subject: Re: [backstage] Web API issue with Radio Four? Hi Pete, Indeed. Is there any sign of this service moving from prototype/beta to something more/less? Good question. I've talked to a few people a month or so ago about a properly supported public facing API to our schedule data. The summary is that there is a desire to do it, but there is no definite timescale (yet). On the particular issue of streams it fascinates me that there seem to be so many - I presume the feeds listed by the API are somehow different from the main site feeds (Radio 1 has been down for quite a while now). This is easier. The API was set up a while ago and we entered the streams as they stood at the time. Due to us mainly using the data and multicast streams, we haven't tracked the changes in the unicast streams. Sorry. So do let us know when you find things going wrong, we're not always aware of them. When I get a chance I'll update the streams. Cheers, Andrew BBC Research On Wed, Nov 15, 2006 at 02:46:27PM -, Pete Cole wrote: Hi Andrew, This is the fun with experimental prototypes, eh? On the particular issue of streams it fascinates me that there seem to be so many - I presume the feeds listed by the API are somehow different from the main site feeds (Radio 1 has been down for quite a while now). Pete. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andrew McParland Sent: 15 November 2006 10:44 To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk Subject: Re: [backstage] Web API issue with Radio Four? Hi Pete, You're right, the problem with the API (and backstage TV-Anytime files) missing certain days of Radio 4 has now been fixed. Thanks for the report on the streams, there does seem to be a problem - I'll investigate. This is the fun with experimental prototypes, eh? Andrew BBC Research On Tue, Nov 14, 2006 at 02:49:52PM -, Pete Cole wrote: Hi, This (Radio Four listing) problem seems to have gone away, but some of the real audio streams listed by the API don't seem to work (they give the ever helpful 'General Error'). I haven't checked 'em all, but radio 1,2,3 and 4 seem 'dead' but 5 live is OK. Pete Cole. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andrew McParland Sent: 14 November 2006 10:03 To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk Subject: Re: [backstage] Web API issue with Radio Four? Hi Mario, Thanks for reporting this. I'll investigate further. Andrew BBC Research On Mon, Nov 13, 2006 at 07:15:29PM +, Mario Menti wrote: Hi - there seems to be a problem with the Web API and Radio Four data at the moment: Try http://www0.rdthdo.bbc.co.uk/services/api/bbc.schedule.getProgrammes .h tmland select Radio Four - I get Code 152, no matches found. Other radio and TV channels seem to be OK. Probably just temorary, but thought I'd mention it anyway.. Cheers, Mario. - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/ - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/ - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive:
Re: [backstage] Backstage Tag Cloud T-shirt designs
Ian Forrester [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/news/images/ideas/backstage%20cloud%20tshirt%20v4.jpg I like this one best. But I really liked the idea of the tag cloud going all round the t-shirt. -- Nic Ferrier http://www.tapsellferrier.co.uk for all your tapsell ferrier needs - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/
Re: [backstage] Backstage Tag Cloud T-shirt designs
Ian Forrester wrote: Let me know what you think, I like v4, without any sort of underlining. Then I looked a bit closer, and I like v4 even more because it has developers and community, both of which appear to be missing from v2 and v3. :) ATB, Matthew http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/news/images/ideas/backstage%20cloud%20tshirt%20v2.jpg http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/news/images/ideas/backstage%20cloud%20tshirt%20v3.jpg http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/news/images/ideas/backstage%20cloud%20tshirt%20v4.jpg http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/news/images/ideas/backstage%20cloud%20tshirt%20v5.jpg - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/
Re: [backstage] Backstage Tag Cloud T-shirt designs
I'll have one of the V5's Ian :-) If I had a choice, I would take out secondlife (needless advertising perhaps) and add moped... just as a smiley. All the best Richard On 16 Nov 2006, at 15:13, Ian Forrester wrote: So this is what I've done so far... Let me know what you think, http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/news/images/ideas/backstage%20cloud% 20tshirt%20v2.jpg http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/news/images/ideas/backstage%20cloud% 20tshirt%20v3.jpg http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/news/images/ideas/backstage%20cloud% 20tshirt%20v4.jpg http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/news/images/ideas/backstage%20cloud% 20tshirt%20v5.jpg I have done the designs in SVG, if anyone wants to edit the source file directly. Cheers, Ian Forrester || backstage.bbc.co.uk || x83965 - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/ mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail- archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/ - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/
RE: [backstage] Yet another traffic site
Ah thanks for the heads up Alistair Ian Forrester || backstage.bbc.co.uk || x83965 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alistair Sent: 16 November 2006 15:30 To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk Subject: [backstage] Yet another traffic site Hello all, Came across this site by accident. Don't see it mentioned in the prototypes. Uses the Microsoft map. http://www.trafficeye.co.uk/ Al. Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/ - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/
RE: [backstage] Backstage Tag Cloud T-shirt designs
I would love that too, but that would add a lot more cost to the T-shirts and that would mean not everyone would get one :( Ian Forrester || backstage.bbc.co.uk || x83965 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Nic James Ferrier Sent: 16 November 2006 16:07 To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk Subject: Re: [backstage] Backstage Tag Cloud T-shirt designs Ian Forrester [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/news/images/ideas/backstage%20cloud%20tshir t%20v4.jpg I like this one best. But I really liked the idea of the tag cloud going all round the t-shirt. -- Nic Ferrier http://www.tapsellferrier.co.uk for all your tapsell ferrier needs - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/ - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/
RE: [backstage] Backstage Tag Cloud T-shirt designs
Ok all good point, how about this - http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/news/images/ideas/backstage%20cloud%20tshirt%20v6.jpg Ian Forrester || backstage.bbc.co.uk || x83965 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Matthew Somerville Sent: 16 November 2006 16:06 To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk Subject: Re: [backstage] Backstage Tag Cloud T-shirt designs Ian Forrester wrote: Let me know what you think, I like v4, without any sort of underlining. Then I looked a bit closer, and I like v4 even more because it has developers and community, both of which appear to be missing from v2 and v3. :) ATB, Matthew http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/news/images/ideas/backstage%20cloud%20tshir t%20v2.jpg http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/news/images/ideas/backstage%20cloud%20tshir t%20v3.jpg http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/news/images/ideas/backstage%20cloud%20tshir t%20v4.jpg http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/news/images/ideas/backstage%20cloud%20tshir t%20v5.jpg - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/ - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/
Re: [backstage] Backstage Tag Cloud T-shirt designs
can't you just raise the license fee ;) On 11/16/06, Ian Forrester [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would love that too, but that would add a lot more cost to the T-shirts and that would mean not everyone would get one :( Ian Forrester || backstage.bbc.co.uk || x83965 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Nic James Ferrier Sent: 16 November 2006 16:07 To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk Subject: Re: [backstage] Backstage Tag Cloud T-shirt designs Ian Forrester [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/news/images/ideas/backstage%20cloud%20tshir t%20v4.jpg I like this one best. But I really liked the idea of the tag cloud going all round the t-shirt. -- Nic Ferrier http://www.tapsellferrier.co.uk for all your tapsell ferrier needs - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/ - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/ -- I like work: it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours.
RE: [backstage] Backstage Tag Cloud T-shirt designs
Cheeky! :) can't you just raise the license fee ;) On 11/16/06, Ian Forrester [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would love that too, but that would add a lot more cost to the T-shirts and that would mean not everyone would get one :(
Re: [backstage] Backstage Tag Cloud T-shirt designs
Ian Forrester [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Ok all good point, how about this - http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/news/images/ideas/backstage%20cloud%20tshirt%20v6.jpg Brilliant. Love it. Can I have printed on a barbour please? -- Nic Ferrier http://www.tapsellferrier.co.uk for all your tapsell ferrier needs - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/
Re: [backstage] Backstage Tag Cloud T-shirt designs
Ian, a pity to exclude the individuals other than BBC, but perhaps that's what you get paid for... still google, yahoo and secondlife get a look in, can't say why though... suggest background be same colour as tshirt, are they black? with a less well defined 'edge' clouds rarely look so much like bricks. for reference a BBC cloud looks almost like this: http://www.peepo.co.uk/peepo2/svg/cloud.svg cheers Jonathan Chetwynd On 16 Nov 2006, at 15:13, Ian Forrester wrote: So this is what I've done so far... Let me know what you think, http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/news/images/ideas/backstage%20cloud% 20tshirt%20v2.jpg http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/news/images/ideas/backstage%20cloud% 20tshirt%20v3.jpg http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/news/images/ideas/backstage%20cloud% 20tshirt%20v4.jpg http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/news/images/ideas/backstage%20cloud% 20tshirt%20v5.jpg I have done the designs in SVG, if anyone wants to edit the source file directly. Cheers, Ian Forrester || backstage.bbc.co.uk || x83965 - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/ mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail- archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/ - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/
[backstage] Postcoder
I've got a couple of hundred full UK postcodes that I want to convert to lat/long values. And I thought to myself 1/ Postcoder would be the perfect tool to do that with and 2/ when I was working on Postcoder earlier this year there was lots of talk about releasing the API as part of Backstage. But there were licensing problems. So I just thought I'd ask if those licensing problems were any nearer to being solved and whether the Postcoder API was any closer to being made public. Or, failing that, what other tools do people use to convert postcodes to lat/long? It seems to me that the Google Maps GeoCoder object doesn't understand UK postcodes. Cheers, Dave... - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/
Re: [backstage] Postcoder
best I can do ,... http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?GridConvert?name=529811,189466type=OSGrid On 16/11/06, Dave Cross [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've got a couple of hundred full UK postcodes that I want to convert to lat/long values. And I thought to myself 1/ Postcoder would be the perfect tool to do that with and 2/ when I was working on Postcoder earlier this year there was lots of talk about releasing the API as part of Backstage. But there were licensing problems. So I just thought I'd ask if those licensing problems were any nearer to being solved and whether the Postcoder API was any closer to being made public. Or, failing that, what other tools do people use to convert postcodes to lat/long? It seems to me that the Google Maps GeoCoder object doesn't understand UK postcodes. Cheers, Dave... - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/ - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/
Re: [backstage] Postcoder
use the google ajax search api, http://code.google.com/apis/ajaxsearch/, you can search for post codes and it returns a town name and some lat/lng values - not sure how accurate/precise it is On 16/11/06, Tom Loosemore [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: best I can do ,... http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?GridConvert?name=529811,189466type=OSGrid On 16/11/06, Dave Cross [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've got a couple of hundred full UK postcodes that I want to convert to lat/long values. And I thought to myself 1/ Postcoder would be the perfect tool to do that with and 2/ when I was working on Postcoder earlier this year there was lots of talk about releasing the API as part of Backstage. But there were licensing problems. So I just thought I'd ask if those licensing problems were any nearer to being solved and whether the Postcoder API was any closer to being made public. Or, failing that, what other tools do people use to convert postcodes to lat/long? It seems to me that the Google Maps GeoCoder object doesn't understand UK postcodes. Cheers, Dave... - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/ - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/ -- -- Michael Pritchard Web :: http://www.blueghost.co.uk GMail:: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --
