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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=951422015-04072006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Looking at the list distributed by FTP, it's obviously a
typo - whoever added it missed the 3 off 53. See it in context
here</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=951422015-04072006><PRE>53.474080 -2.234340 M1 3BB
50.478000 -2.240980 M1 4JY
53.475470 -2.242060 M1 5JW
53.477075 -2.240910 M1 6ED</PRE><PRE><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Free The Postcode is a nice idea, but how is it going to be validated, short of running every postcode past the Royal Mail database, which surely breaks the spirit of the idea?</FONT></PRE></SPAN></DIV><BR>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> talk-bounces@openstreetmap.org
[mailto:talk-bounces@openstreetmap.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Nick
Black<BR><B>Sent:</B> 04 July 2006 16:15<BR><B>To:</B> Dean Earley<BR><B>Cc:</B>
Talk Openstreetmap<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [OSM-talk] Free the postcode
maps<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=gmail_quote>On 7/3/06, <B class=gmail_sendername>Dean
Earley</B> <<A href="mailto:dean@earlsoft.co.uk">dean@earlsoft.co.uk</A>>
wrote:</SPAN>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=gmail_quote
style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">Nick
Black wrote:<BR>><BR>> Steve: Here is a png of the Map - feel free to
chop it up as needed.<BR>><BR>> <A
href="http://www.blacksworld.net/Maps/FTPJune.png">http://www.blacksworld.net/Maps/FTPJune.png</A><BR><BR>So...
Who's postcode is off the Swanage/Portland coast? :)</BLOCKQUOTE>
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<DIV>50.478000 -2.240980 M1 4JY<BR> </DIV>
<DIV>Is the postcode in the English Channel - me thinks some sort of validation
is needed here - I'm going to have a look...</DIV>
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<DIV>--<BR>Dean Earley, Dee (<A
href="mailto:dean@earlsoft.co.uk">dean@earlsoft.co.uk</A>)<BR><BR>irc: irc://irc.blitzed.org/<BR>web: <A
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