RE: Re: Postcodes (was Tomtom sat nav gps with ipaq)

["Ward, David" <DAvid.Ward@xxxxxxxxxx>]

The whole of the Uk postcode database IS availible from the POI section of
www.Pocketgps.co.uk curtosy of George Spanellis

-----Original Message-----
From: rb_ziggy [mailto:richard.boreham@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 19 July 2004 17:33
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: [ukha_d] Re: Postcodes (was Tomtom sat nav gps with ipaq)


Ref my last post.  Indeed it appears the last two letters are now
called the 'unit' and not the 'walk'!

On volumes, there are approximately 9750 sector codes but 1.75
million unit codes (from Post Office's gide to the PAF). May explain
why Tom Tom does not try to resolve post codes to the unit level.

Regards

Richard

--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Tim Dawe" <list.mailbox@n...>
wrote:
> From the postal address book:
>
> Example: PO1 3AX
>
> PO = Area
> 1 = District
>
> 3 = Sector
> AX = Unit
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: James Hoye [mailto:yahoo@j...]
> > Sent: 19 July 2004 12:12
> > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Re: Tomtom sat nav gps with ipaq
> >
> >
> > > It knows "LS3 1" of "LS3 1AB"
> > > It knows "LS29 1" of "LS29 1AB" (or it
would, if LS29 1AB was a
real
> > > postcode).
> > >
> > > In other words, it doesn't know the letters bit of the
> > "minor" part of
> > > postcodes. (No doubt the post office have a technical name
for
that
> > > part of the postcode but I don't know what it is!)
> >
> > The "1" part is called the sector, but I don't know the
other
bits .
> >
> > The whole "1AB" part is known as the
"outbound" part, with
> > the "LS3" or
> > "LS29" part being the inbound.
> >
> > James