[Openstreetmap] Postcodes

SteveC steve at fractalus.com
Thu Aug 11 09:19:04 BST 2005


* @ 10/08/05 06:55:17 PM tom at tom-carden.co.uk wrote:
> David Cantrell wrote:
> >On Tue, Aug 09, 2005 at 05:11:15PM +0100, Tom Carden wrote:
> >>
> >>It's great that it's there, but can we use it for OpenStreetMap?  My 
> >>instinct is no, because all the possible sources are under copyright and 
> >>it must have been scraped from somewhere.
> >
> >Or it might have been compiled in the same way as my openpostcodes was,
> 
> Is your openpostcodes database available anywhere?  Is it something that 
> makes freethepostcode.org obsolete/irrelevant?  Could freethepostcode 
> contribute in any way?

Seconded... David?

I think this refers to David trying to do this a year or so ago and
being met with ++negativity and license discussions?

have fun,

SteveC steve at fractalus.com http://www.fractalus.com/steve/




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