I'm pretty sure I heard from somewhere that the "post code" associated with the post box is actually a post code assosiated with the collection office, and that a house next to it can have a totally different post code. <br>
<br>JR<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2009/9/17 Chris Hill <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:osm@raggedred.net">osm@raggedred.net</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="im">Ciarán Mooney wrote:<br>
> Hi,<br>
><br>
> Also I've spoken to Draco in the past, and his website does not sync<br>
> with OSM. He has tried to get help with a mass import but the<br>
> discussion was rat-holed due to supposed problem deriving data from<br>
> Royal Mails postbox list.<br>
><br>
> <a href="http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/legal-talk/2009-July/002560.html" target="_blank">http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/legal-talk/2009-July/002560.html</a><br>
><br>
> I plan on emailing whoever responded to the original FOI request at<br>
> Royal Mail and see if we can get explicit permission to use the data.<br>
><br>
> Ciarán<br>
</div>The original list contains a post code which Royal Mail might well be<br>
touchy about given the WikiLeak of their postcode DB. The location<br>
information is far too vague to position a box without a visit and<br>
sometimes a treasure hunt at which point the reference can usually be<br>
gathered (if the box hasn't been vandalised) but we can only get the<br>
post code from the Royal Mail, so good luck.<br>
<br>
Cheers, Chris<br>
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