Comments on: No Telling How Ernest Marples Freed the UK Postal Code http://blog.programmableweb.com/2009/08/19/no-telling-how-ernest-marples-freed-the-uk-postal-code/ Web 2.0 API Reference Guide Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:11:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: No telling | Kerriganmeats http://blog.programmableweb.com/2009/08/19/no-telling-how-ernest-marples-freed-the-uk-postal-code/#comment-171692 No telling | Kerriganmeats Mon, 30 May 2011 01:19:32 +0000 http://blog.programmableweb.com/?p=7508#comment-171692 [...] No Telling How Ernest Marples Freed the UK Postal CodeIn an email, Metcalfe said there is no database and that the site does not cache anything. As for where the data comes from, that is not clear and Metcalfe isn’t telling. [...] [...] No Telling How Ernest Marples Freed the UK Postal CodeIn an email, Metcalfe said there is no database and that the site does not cache anything. As for where the data comes from, that is not clear and Metcalfe isn’t telling. [...]

]]> By: Way To Go, Ernest Marples! UK to Free Postal Code Database | Twit U http://blog.programmableweb.com/2009/08/19/no-telling-how-ernest-marples-freed-the-uk-postal-code/#comment-153857 Way To Go, Ernest Marples! UK to Free Postal Code Database | Twit U Sat, 12 Dec 2009 01:50:13 +0000 http://blog.programmableweb.com/?p=7508#comment-153857 [...] UK will make its postal code database available to the public in April of next year. This follows a rogue API that provided the data, but was mum about where it came from. That site, ErnestMarples.com was [...] [...] UK will make its postal code database available to the public in April of next year. This follows a rogue API that provided the data, but was mum about where it came from. That site, ErnestMarples.com was [...]

]]> By: Way To Go, Ernest Marples! UK to Free Postal Code Database http://blog.programmableweb.com/2009/08/19/no-telling-how-ernest-marples-freed-the-uk-postal-code/#comment-153841 Way To Go, Ernest Marples! UK to Free Postal Code Database Fri, 11 Dec 2009 08:36:14 +0000 http://blog.programmableweb.com/?p=7508#comment-153841 [...] Mail will make its postal code database available to the public in April of next year. This follows a rogue API that provided the data, but was mum about where it came from. That site, ErnestMarples.com was [...] [...] Mail will make its postal code database available to the public in April of next year. This follows a rogue API that provided the data, but was mum about where it came from. That site, ErnestMarples.com was [...]

]]> By: Stuart Harrison http://blog.programmableweb.com/2009/08/19/no-telling-how-ernest-marples-freed-the-uk-postal-code/#comment-151596 Stuart Harrison Wed, 19 Aug 2009 08:58:08 +0000 http://blog.programmableweb.com/?p=7508#comment-151596 Yup, free for non-commercial use is definitely the way forward. As I stated in my blog (which you so kindly quoted - thanks for that :) ) it would make absolutely no sense to shut this service down if only non-commercial users are making use of it. As there's no way to regulate this, then a click use license would be the way forward. I just hope that if it happens, the API is as easy to use as the current one. Yup, free for non-commercial use is definitely the way forward. As I stated in my blog (which you so kindly quoted – thanks for that :) ) it would make absolutely no sense to shut this service down if only non-commercial users are making use of it.

As there’s no way to regulate this, then a click use license would be the way forward. I just hope that if it happens, the API is as easy to use as the current one.

]]> By: David W http://blog.programmableweb.com/2009/08/19/no-telling-how-ernest-marples-freed-the-uk-postal-code/#comment-151593 David W Wed, 19 Aug 2009 06:16:54 +0000 http://blog.programmableweb.com/?p=7508#comment-151593 Whatever's going on, the database they have doesn't cover Northern Ireland, so the service technically doesn't cover all of the UK. I'm guessing this means they aren't sourcing the data from the Royal Mail by proxy either. Whatever’s going on, the database they have doesn’t cover Northern Ireland, so the service technically doesn’t cover all of the UK.

I’m guessing this means they aren’t sourcing the data from the Royal Mail by proxy either.

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