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Started by Sam, October 28, 2006, 12:46:49 PM

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Sam

Ive managed to buy OS codepoint for only 2K which gives me the full postzon with 10m accuracy on northing and eastings.

In English that means I can do clever things on google maps that other web developers cant cos they dont have the raw data man !

Mardoni

Nice :)

Time to develop a Logistics subscription service, let smaller companies stick in the address for their deliveries and your service can work out the most efficent route :)

Another money making scam ;)

Serious

Quote from: NimrodAnother money making scam ;)

or a way to print money. Normally there are bits preventing you doing that in the licence.

BigSoy

Quote from: SamIve managed to buy OS codepoint for only 2K which gives me the full postzon with 10m accuracy on northing and eastings.

In English that means I can do clever things on google maps that other web developers cant cos they dont have the raw data man !

Doesnt postzon cost more than that direct from RM?  :?:
"Within your 'purview'? Where do you think you are, some f**king regency costume drama? This is a government department, not some f**king Jane f**king Austen novel!"

Sam

I paid Ã,£350 previously for the full postzon with 100m accuracy. This has 10m accuracy.

BigSoy

Fair enough, mustve been thinking of something else.
"Within your 'purview'? Where do you think you are, some f**king regency costume drama? This is a government department, not some f**king Jane f**king Austen novel!"

Sam

You might be thinking of the one that lets you look up addresses from postcodes.

Or even AddressPoint. Which is each house mapped to an OS ref. Now thats expensive !

BigSoy

We were having a bit of a set-to with one of our suppliers about licences from one of the postcodey-type products from RM in the office on Friday, and that was worth 2-3k a year I think, but dont know which particular thing we were actually trying to buy.
"Within your 'purview'? Where do you think you are, some f**king regency costume drama? This is a government department, not some f**king Jane f**king Austen novel!"