It's a .uk TLD, so I'll play safe and not derive from that then. I managed to miss that legal blurb at the end of the response.
Gregory > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:talk-gb- > [email protected]] On Behalf Of James Davis > Sent: 7 September 2009 13:37 > To: talk-gb OSM List (E-mail) > Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] Postcodes on whois records? > > Gregory Williams wrote: > > I just happen to have looked up a whois record for a domain and it > > helpfully has the registrant’s physical address and postcode. OSM is > > always ticking away in the back of my mind, so I thought: I can > > physically get to that address quite easily for mapping purposes, so > > that postcode is helpful. I’m just wondering what the views of others > > are on using whois records as means for getting a little geo-located > > postcode data? The data in the record has probably been provided by > the > > registrant and not inadvertently derived from a copyright source in > my view. > > It may be okay with other tld's but not within .uk - from nominet's > whois details... > > "This WHOIS information is provided for free by Nominet UK the central > registry for .uk domain names. This information and the .uk WHOIS are: > > Copyright Nominet UK 1996 - 2009. > > You may not access the .uk WHOIS or use any data from it except as > permitted by the terms of use available in full at > http://www.nominet.org.uk/whois, which includes restrictions on: (A) > use > of the data for advertising, or its repackaging, recompilation, > redistribution or reuse (B) obscuring, removing or hiding any or all of > this notice and (C) exceeding query rate or volume limits. The data is > provided on an 'as-is' basis and may lag behind the register. Access > may > be withdrawn or restricted at any time." > > Regards, > > James > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-GB mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb _______________________________________________ Talk-GB mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
