Try searching the group for 'UK Postcodes' you will find many posts on this...
Google CAN NOT get a licence to offer full postcodes in the API. This is an issue with Royal Mail - not Google. (as far as I know the Premier API is no different in this regard) 2009/10/29 [email protected] <[email protected]>: > > When I Geocode a London postal code, not only is the lng and lat > response inaccurate, but the postal code returned in the Placemark has > been modified. For example, geocoding SW8 1UQ, London, UK returns a > Placemark with a PostalCodeNumber property of SW8 4. It seems that > not only are the last characters dropped, but some of the characters > in the postal code are changed. Does anyone have any information > about why this occurs when using the API but not when using Google > Maps via the browser? Does purchasing Premium service contract help? > Is there any plans on Googles part to correct this? > > > > -- Barry - www.nearby.org.uk - www.geograph.org.uk - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Maps API" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-maps-api?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
