The really interesting bit is missing. All contracts, and all costs should be online. That would really shake things up.
Contracts are straightforward since they are text. Costs need some sort of simple XML to publish. Given a spec for what is needed, it makes it easier to ask for it to be produced. Nick On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 12:46 PM, Matthew Somerville <[email protected]>wrote: > Russ Garrett wrote: > >> The OS Postcode data (Codepoint) is identical to the PAF (although as I >> recall, slightly cheaper at the moment). >> > > No, the PAF is equivalent to OS's Address-Point (ie. an entry for every > address in the country). Code-Point is basically the same as Royal Mail's > PostZon (one entry for every postcode). > > Gordon Brown's speech says "postcode areas" - still no definition of what > an area is going to be that I've seen. Postcode area is normally simply the > letter at the start, after all. The outward part is the postcode district, > the first part of the inward part makes the postcode sector. > > ATB, > Matthew > > > > Royal Mail is the ultimate source of the data. > >> >> Anyhow, good news I think. >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list [email protected] > Archive, settings, or unsubscribe: > https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/listinfo/developers-public > -- Nick
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