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On Sat, Jul 13, 2013 at 9:23 PM, Simon Avery <digdilem@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> There are still some compromises with using OSM but it is street level >> complete for Devon and Cornwall [compared to the Ordnance Survey] and has >> massively improved in the 5 years that I have been a contributor. Postcode >> searching is still pretty weak in places and individual addresses are >> unlikely to ever be added unless the Government releases the Post Office >> address file as open source. > > > Indeed. It's a shame the PO, which we own (at least for the moment), charges > us to use them. The Open Data Institute [1] has made getting the PAF released under an open data license one of their key priorities: http://www.theodi.org/blog/cornerstone-open-data-postcode-address-file I'm actually fairly hopeful on this, though I'm not sure what the timescale will be. Ian [1] http://www.theodi.org/ -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq