Posted by Harlan Messinger on 12/01/06 12:18

Toby Inkster wrote:
> Harlan Messinger wrote:
>
>> They have to do that *anyway* to use the codes *themselves*. They don't
>> have to do it all over again just to post the list so the rest of us
>> have access to it.
>
> The post office doesn't need to know longitude/latitude information to use
> postcodes -- it only needs to know where a postcode is in terms of region,
> town and street. When the postman is delivering the mail, he doesn't do so
> with a GPS device in his hand, saying, "0.5 degrees due North East".

When did latitudes and longitudes enter the discussion? The OP asked
only for the codes (and presumably the corresponding countries, cities,
states, etc.) Of course I'd expect to pay for geocoding information. I
was talking about the codes themselves, which are public property and
should therefore be freely available.

[Back to original message]