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Subject: [cfaussie] Re: Postcode search
On 2/22/06, Robin Hilliard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Starting with the basics the raw data you need is the lat/lon of the
> dealers and a database of "postcode centroids" (e.g. the Gazetteer of
> Austra
Subject: [cfaussie] Re: Postcode search
On 2/22/06, Robin Hilliard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Starting with the basics the raw data you need is the lat/lon of the
> dealers and a database of "postcode centroids" (e.g. the Gazetteer of
> Australia, product code 06 from
On 23/02/2006, at 9:01 AM, Taco Fleur wrote:
>
> Robin,
>
> at one stage I was going to buy that dataset (still thinking baout
> it), are you saying it is not accurate?
It had some inaccuracies in 2000 when we bought it - about 20
postcodes we noticed from memory. I'm not sure if it's the sa
On 22/02/2006, at 11:01 PM, Steve Onnis wrote:
> http://www.inevative.com.au/postcode.cfm
>
> that what your after?
Very impressive accuracy BTW Steve - although you may need to hit a
webservice at the Bureau of Meteorology to check if any water
molecules are likely to have settled on your p
Robin,
at one stage I was going to buy that dataset (still thinking baout
it), are you saying it is not accurate?
On 2/23/06, Robin Hilliard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I remember that dataset - it's the same one we bought for the BHP
> Steel site. We plotted the postcodes as a scatter chart
I remember that dataset - it's the same one we bought for the BHP
Steel site. We plotted the postcodes as a scatter chart in Excel to
spot the really wrong locations - I think you'll also find that some
parts of Sydney's Inner West have become beautiful subtropical
islands, which should g
On 2/22/06, Steve Onnis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > From: cfaussie@googlegroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf
> > > Of Chris Velevitch
> > > On 2/22/06, Steve Onnis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > http://www.inevative.com.au/postcode.cfm
> > >
> > > that what your after?
> >
> > In
Not accurate?
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On 2/22/06, Steve Onnis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Or
http://docs.codehaus.org/display/GEOS/Home
Not a bad open source implementation.
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Subject: [cfaussie] Re: Postcode search
On 2/22/06, Ste
On 2/22/06, Steve Onnis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> http://www.inevative.com.au/postcode.cfm
>
> that what your after?
Interesting website. According to them, Lord Howe Island is 4.349 km
from my suburb and Norfolk Island is 4.112 km away.
Chris
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Chris Velevitch
Manager - Sydney Flash Platfo
http://www.inevative.com.au/postcode.cfm
that what your after?
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Of Kay Smoljak
Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2006 10:54 PM
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Subject: [cfaussie] Re: Postcode search
On 2
On 2/22/06, Robin Hilliard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Starting with the basics the raw data you need is the lat/lon of the
> dealers and a database of "postcode centroids" (e.g. the Gazetteer of
> Australia, product code 06 from Geoscience Australia, p15 of
> catalogue: http://www.ga.gov.au/serv
http://www.mapds.com.au/solutions_locators.shtml
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From: "Robin Hilliard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:
Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2006 10:39 PM
Subject: [cfaussie] Re: Postcode search
>
> Hi Kay,
>
> Starting with the basics the raw dat
Hi Kay,
Starting with the basics the raw data you need is the lat/lon of the
dealers and a database of "postcode centroids" (e.g. the Gazetteer of
Australia, product code 06 from Geoscience Australia, p15 of
catalogue: http://www.ga.gov.au/servlet/BigObjFileManager?
bigobjid=GA7015 - inter
Hi,
Don't panic, it is not as Big Brother as that :-)
Australia Post provides QAS with a list of 'Deliverable Addreses" like 100 Plain Street, East Perth, WA, 6004, and we validate those fields only against the data our users enter. There is nothing in there to say who lives there :-)
Havin
David, forgive me for being curious but what's the privacy
implications involved?
I realise it's not you but AP but still...
the QAS tool allows us to check (at the time someone tries to submit
an online form) that they are putting in a genuine address. If it is
not a 'real' address as far as
Whoops... I should have looked at the sample site!
Yeah, the QAS tool allows us to check (at the time someone tries to submit an online form) that they are putting in a genuine address. If it is not a 'real' address as far as Australia Post is concerned, they have to try again. There is a datab
Hi DP,
Did you like Super Vision the other night? :D
On 2/22/06, David Pietersen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> We use a tool here that checks the whole address to ensure it is real...
>
> QAS-
> http://www.auspost.com.au/BCP/0,1080,CH2418%257EMO19,00.html
It's actually a postcode search, as in e
We use a tool here that checks the whole address to ensure it is real...
QAS- http://www.auspost.com.au/BCP/0,1080,CH2418%257EMO19,00.html
On 22/02/06, Kay Smoljak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
The client is not happy with their current system and are consideringother alternatives, including goi
The client is not happy with their current system and are considering
other alternatives, including going back to the original system which
was basic searching on a list of manually entered postcodes for each
location.
So basically anything... I'm just after possible alternatives.
On 2/22/06, St
you want all the bells and whistles that they have? or you just want to do
your own searching and display your own results?
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