Changeset 741

Timestamp:

Apr 7, 2010, 11:48:39 AM (10 years ago)

Author:

Dominic Hargreaves

Message:

update post April 2010

File:

• trunk/freepostcodes.org.uk/html/index.html (modified) (1 diff)

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 <p>
-This site exists to act as a central repository for public domain UK
-postcode databases. Shortly, a geocoder and database downloads will appear
-here using data from <a href="http://www.freethepostcode.org">freethepostcode.org</a> and <a href="http://www.npemap.org.uk/">npemap.org.uk</a>.</p>
+This site exists to act as a central repository for free UK
+postcode databases. Broadly speaking, free in this case means suitable for reuse without 
+restriction.
+<p>
 
 <p>
-Register for interest at <a href="http://urchin.earth.li/mailman/listinfo/freepostcodes-announce">http://urchin.earth.li/mailman/listinfo/freepostcodes-announce</a> or get involved at <a href="http://urchin.earth.li/mailman/listinfo/freepostcodes">http://urchin.earth.li/mailman/listinfo/freepostcodes</a>.
+Since this site was set up, the Ordnance Survey have released the full postcode
+database under an open licence. You can find the raw data for download under then name "Code-Point® Open"
+at the Ordnance Survey's <a href="http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsite/opendata/">Open Data</a> site.
+<p>
+
+A geocoder has been put up by a third party at <a href="http://www.uk-postcodes.com/">http://www.uk-postcodes.com/</a>.
+
+The previous projects that catalysed this side are collecting postcode data from the public
+and putting it into the public domain:
+
+<ul>
+<li><a href="http://www.freethepostcode.org">freethepostcode.org</a></li>
+<li><a href="http://www.npemap.org.uk/">npemap.org.uk</a></li>.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+Register for interest at <a href="http://urchin.earth.li/mailman/listinfo/freepostcodes-announce">http://urchin.earth.li/mailman/listinfo/freepostcodes-announce</a> or get involved at <a href="http://urchin.earth.li/mailman/listinfo/freepostcodes">http://urchin.earth.li/mailman/listinfo/freepostcodes</a> however it is likely that not much more
+will happen on these projects.
 </p>