If 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).
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how 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
If 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).
UK postcodes are equivalent to the 5+4 US zip codes. They list part of a street, typically 10-20 houses.
still close enough to search for things.
% postcode
NG15
% ff http://www.google.com/webhp?q=ng15+curry
bah google changed their uri scheme