In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
Trevor <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> kerry fletcher wrote:
>> Anyone looking for an address finder or postcode search?
>> Try postcode anywhere for a great range of online address management
>> tools.
>> http://www.postcodeanywhere.co.uk/
>>
>
> Seeing that you are a gimp & a spammer I don't mind hi-jacking your
> totally off topic post. I am trying to develop a website offering
> delivery of my produce within a 15 mile or so radius of my house.
> What I am after is all the postcodes & address's to put on the
> website, if you are not on that list then you're too far for me to
> deliver to. I cannot find these free & anybody who sells them want
> mega money, as I am a start-up company I ain't got that kind of
> money, does anyone know another way of getting them? Don't mind if
> they are in print form & I have to type them, would obviously prefer
> not to.
Which part of the country are you in? Some while ago, someone posted a load
of postcode files for the whole country, divided into regions, for the
benefit of people with satellite navigations systems. These could be loaded
onto satnav systems as POI (point of interest) files - and each had a name
equal to its 7-character postcode, and a pair of latitude/longitude
co-ordinates. The idea was that you could use a postcode as a destination,
and the satnav system would direct you there. These files were subsequently
withdrawn over copyright issues after objections were raised by Ordnance
Survey - but there may still be a few in captivity.
Armed with one of these files for your region, and an Excel spreadsheet, you
should be able to compute the (as a crow flies) distance from your premises
to each one, and then select those within the qualifying distance. If this
sounds interesting, post a pukka email address where I can contact you
privately.
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Cheers,
Tim
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