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Re: [LUG] location map

 

> "Robin Cornelius" <robin.cornelius@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Time for a shameless plug...
> >
> > Don't forget the members map http://www.dclug.org.uk/linux_adm/map.php
> 
> One note on that - I've tweaked the script so that if geocoding fails,
> invalid values are not passed into the database. That should stop the
> map defaulting to somewhere in the Sahara. However, I suspect that this
> only happens when people use incomplete or invalid postcodes. If anyone
> gets a geocode error, try ensuring you pass a valid and complete
> postcode conforming to the expected format:
>
> [A-Z]?[A-Z][0-9]+\s[0-9][A-Z][A-Z]
>
> (all capitals, one or two letter prefix, one digit, one space, one
> digit, two character suffix).

<nerdiness>
Hmm. I did a postcode regex a few years ago, and it was:

[A-Z][A-Z]?(\d\d?|\d[A-Z])\s\d\d?[A-Z][A-Z]

I know the Queen is unlikely to be a member of DCLUG, but she lives at SW1A 
1AA. I'm not sure why I added the 1 or 2 digit bit in the second half. I 
can't find any examples of two digits occurring here. I pasted the attached 
image into my notes at the time, but I didn't make a note of where I found 
it. Single char postcode areas are limited (Manchester,  WNES for London, and 
a few others) so don't really need [A-Z].

D
</nerdiness>

JPEG image

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