The problem with free the post code is that it is never going to be complete/accurate enough to rely on... and worse, you have absolutely no idea of how accurate/complete/incomplete it is... a good idea but fundamentally flawed. The strength of the post code system is that it is complete and reliable, If royal mail thought that there was a viable competitor for PAF data then they would have sorted out the licencing issue already...
If the new tactics are to be to coerce royal mail into freeing the post code, rather than bypassing them, then they will need to know what our 'demands' are. It does cost money to maintain post codes - (and other freeable data - like ordinance survey maps) - if the data is freed then where does the money come from? I am primarily interested in the data being freely available for personal, non-commercial use (let the commercial users pay for live systems) is that what others are after? or are you looking for taxpayer funding for all use? or what? Paul /)/+) 2009/10/7 Feargal Hogan <[email protected]> > > If that functionality could be worked into a different, much more > widely used app though, > > it'd be much more likely to fill the database of freed postcodes in a > reasonable length of time. > > Question is, which app? > > I suggested to Steve Coast some time ago that OSM (it was > pre-CloudMade) should look at developing teaching aids and programs > for schools in order to increase usage and coverage of OSM data. > > A similar approach to post codes might be fruitful. > > If 10% of the schoolkids in England plotted their postcode on NPE then we'd > all be quids in. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list [email protected] > Archive, settings, or unsubscribe: > https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/listinfo/developers-public >
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