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I've never looked at this before, but it seems like OS Open Names could finally let me do address->coordinates searches without a third party. I thought post c
by estefan 12y ago
I've never looked at this before, but it seems like OS Open Names could finally let me do address->coordinates searches without a third party.
I thought post code data was strictly copyrighted by the post office and you had to pay them to do that, or use a provider who has.
- Doctor_Fegg 12y agoPostcode centroid <-> lat/long has been open data since the initial OS OpenData release. However, if you want detailed polygons rather than centroids, or actual house number/name data, then this is jealously guarded by Royal F^HMail. The new "OS Open Names" dataset essentially presents the existing datasets in a uniform hierarchy. Think of it as the source data behind an autocomplete geocoder. But it still won't get you the exact lat/long for 27 High Street.