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I've used the geo PAF data (ie: postcodes against Longs/Lats) from linuxbox.co.uk in the past and it's been spot on. But unfortunately it hasn't been updated for a long time and the developer has stopped working on it; so i'm on the hunt for a direct-replacement (either CSV/SQL format).
I've seen OS and Geonames.org offerings, granted they're free, but the datasets are going to need a considerable amount of work (OS data is eastings/northings, question of accuracy converting it to long/lats; Geonames data is a bit of a mess with it not be delimiter separated) before i can make use of it.
So does anyone have any recommendations that won't break the bank (RM is far too costly)?
And i know there are plenty of sites/companies offering JSON/XML query based postcode lookups, they've been mentioned on OcUK before, but this type of solution is my last resort to be honest.
Much appreciated for any help
I've seen OS and Geonames.org offerings, granted they're free, but the datasets are going to need a considerable amount of work (OS data is eastings/northings, question of accuracy converting it to long/lats; Geonames data is a bit of a mess with it not be delimiter separated) before i can make use of it.
So does anyone have any recommendations that won't break the bank (RM is far too costly)?
And i know there are plenty of sites/companies offering JSON/XML query based postcode lookups, they've been mentioned on OcUK before, but this type of solution is my last resort to be honest.
Much appreciated for any help