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<h4>Geocoder</h4>

<p>Look up the location that we have for a postcode. If we don't have an exact
match for the postcode you request, then we will do our best. If we don't have
an exact match, we will return #s where we don't have exact matches.
</p>

<p> If you request the response with the format of 'js', then you can specify
the name of a funtion call to wrap around the JSON response. This will call
that method with the JSON as a parameter. </p>

<h4>Arguments</h4>
<dl>
<dt>postcode (required)</dt>
<dd>The postcode that you wish the location of. You can enter just the outward part if you wish.</dd>

</dl>

<h4>Example response</h4>

<pre>
# Easting,Northing,Matched Postcode
434807,219133,'OX7 3##'
</pre>


<h4>Explorer</h4>
<p>Try out this method without writing any code.</p>

<form method="get" action="/cgi/geocoder.fcgi" target="iframe">

<p>
postcode: <input type="text" name="postcode" value="" size="30"> <br/>

format:
<input id="format_text" type="radio" name="format" value="text"> <label for="format_text">Text</label>
<input id="format_js" type="radio" name="format" value="js" checked> <label for="format_js">JS</label>
<input id="format_xml" type="radio" name="format" value="xml"> <label for="format_xml">XML</label

<input type="submit" value="Go" />
</p>
</form>
<iframe name="iframe" style="width: 40em; height: 20em">Output here</iframe

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