You used to be able to use Google's API to look up postcodes accurately. But then RoyalMail spotted what they were upto and decided their licence didn't cover it.

So now you can't frown

It seems bizarre that the postcode databases are maintained by two tax payer/customer funded organisations, but that you have to pay £15,000* a year to get decent access to the data.

* thats what my brother has been quoted


Edited by andy (09/01/2008 14:44)
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