Posted by CJM on 11/27/06 12:16

"Brian Cryer" <brian.cryer@127.0.0.1.ntlworld.com> wrote in message
news:Fo6dnbuD7d3kWvfYRVnyhQ@pipex.net...
>>
>> Just as an indication; I work with map and address data regularly, and I
>> currently have a UK postcode database containing 1635104 (yep, 1.6
>> *million*) records.
>
> I think your figure for postcodes in the UK is probably the number in
> England. The figures I have (from a PAF export Oct 2006) is 1.6 million
> for England, 180 thousand for Scotland, 106 thousand for Wales. Either
> way, its still a big number!
>

And I expect that Dylan and yourself have paid handsomely for the privelege
too. It's been 4 years since I worked in GIS, but back then even the
cheapest dataset based on the PAF cost ���s. I can't imagine prices have
dropped much since.

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