[OSM-talk] ftp bits

[Simon Hewison]

Barry Hunter wrote:
> 
> You can in fact download the full list of valid UK postcodes from:
> http://www.geopostcode.com/ukpc2ttn.htm look for the 'DOWNLOAD THE FULL
> POSTCODES LIST WITH NEAR 1.9 MILLION RECORDS' link.
> However before some get excited its only the codes themselves you get,
> no other information, such as town or location.

And even that will be out of date the minute it's published, and the
data is almost definitely copyright Royal Mail. Every time someone goes
and registers a PO Box address, the Royal Mail often creates a postcode
for that po box (although it will be missing the geographic location,
for obvious reasons).

If you've ever had dealings with the Address Management section of Royal
Mail, you'll probably find the data licence agreements can be rather
draconian. That said, pretty much everything is possible, at a price,
which is normally not affordable.

-- 
Simon Hewison