Hi,
(first post...big wave from Manchester)
I think the hard part with the map data in the UK is that you need a Post
Code to x/y(used in the google api)
convertor.
The UK post code data is all copyrighted/protected/owned. Unlike the US
zip code data, which the geocoding
APIs, like
Ian Moss [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi,
(first post...big wave from Manchester)
I think the hard part with the map data in the UK is that you need a
Post
Code to x/y(used in the google api)
convertor.
The UK post code data is all copyrighted/protected/owned. Unlike the
US
zip code data,
Postcodes are for delivering letters- they're not a standardised way to locate things - the coordinates relate to the postmans walking route and can change from time to time.
On 3/29/06, Mario Menti [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 3/29/06, Ian Moss [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
The UK post code data
Postcodes
are for delivering letters- they're not a standardised way to locate
things - the coordinates relate to the postmans walking route and can change
from time to time.
I don't think that is strictly true. In
the case of the OS Code-Point product which provides locations
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