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This isn't the full database as far as I understand which maps postcodes to actual addresses. This leak only deals with coordinates.
by kierank 17y ago
This isn't the full database as far as I understand which maps postcodes to actual addresses. This leak only deals with coordinates.
- malern 17y agoThe available columns are Postcode, IntroductionDate, GridRefEast, GridRefNorth, County, District, Ward, UserType, GridStatus, Country, WardStatus, NHS_Code, NHS_Region, Long, Lat, OSRef, Update You can already get the co-ordinates from a postcode using google maps. So I can't think of anything massively exciting you could do with this information. Maybe some sort of offline navigation app.
- skwiddor 17y agohow about "what postcode am I in"? when out and about. also "click on the map, what's the postcode?" quite handy for getting the area code i.e N1
- pyre 17y agoIf those are the columns this isn't 'precise' postal code data. The log/lat is just the 'centroid' of the postal code. At least in the US, most -- if not all -- postal codes are irregularly shaped, so it's not like you can pull up precise GPS data on the perimeter of the postal code (i.e. in order to draw it on a map).
- uhybouy 17y agoUK postcodes are equivalent to the 5+4 US zip codes. They list part of a street, typically 10-20 houses.
- skwiddor 17y agostill close enough to search for things. % postcode NG15 % ff http://www.google.com/webhp?q=ng15+curry http://www.google.com/webhp?q=ng15+curry bah google changed their uri scheme
- ntoll 17y agosuch a shame...
- ZeroGravitas 17y agoI think this is actually better. This is the secret source which is referred to in order to create, but doesn't include, the PAF file which maps postcodes to addresses. The PAF file is however easily available, though under a licence, and therefore is regularly leaked. http://www.royalmail.com/portal/rm/jump2?mediaId=400085&catId=400084 http://www.royalmail.com/portal/rm/jump2?mediaId=400085&...