Comments on: Naughty, very naughty: Ernest Marples frees the postcodes http://www.freeourdata.org.uk/blog/2009/07/naughty-very-naughty-ernest-marples-frees-the-postcodes/ A Guardian Technology campaign for free public access to non-personal data about the UK and its citizens Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:39:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: #DataJourn: Royal Mail cracks down on unofficial postcode database | Journalism.co.uk Editors' Blog http://www.freeourdata.org.uk/blog/2009/07/naughty-very-naughty-ernest-marples-frees-the-postcodes/comment-page-1/#comment-125700 #DataJourn: Royal Mail cracks down on unofficial postcode database | Journalism.co.uk Editors' Blog Mon, 05 Oct 2009 16:17:17 +0000 http://www.freeourdata.org.uk/blog/?p=453#comment-125700 [...] “We’re doing the same as everyone’s being doing for years, but just being open about it,” they said at the time of launch earlier this year. [...] [...] “We’re doing the same as everyone’s being doing for years, but just being open about it,” they said at the time of launch earlier this year. [...]

]]> By: plus six » links for 2009-08-09 http://www.freeourdata.org.uk/blog/2009/07/naughty-very-naughty-ernest-marples-frees-the-postcodes/comment-page-1/#comment-122838 plus six » links for 2009-08-09 Sun, 09 Aug 2009 23:06:10 +0000 http://www.freeourdata.org.uk/blog/?p=453#comment-122838 [...] Naughty, very naughty: Ernest Marples frees the postcodes (Free Our Data: the blog) A guerrilla attempt to free UK postcode data. Free online service to convert postcodes to longitude and latitude. (tags: latlong geotag postcode open data free uk location locative) [...] [...] Naughty, very naughty: Ernest Marples frees the postcodes (Free Our Data: the blog) A guerrilla attempt to free UK postcode data. Free online service to convert postcodes to longitude and latitude. (tags: latlong geotag postcode open data free uk location locative) [...]

]]> By: Ernest Marples: the first month - Harry Metcalfe http://www.freeourdata.org.uk/blog/2009/07/naughty-very-naughty-ernest-marples-frees-the-postcodes/comment-page-1/#comment-122390 Ernest Marples: the first month - Harry Metcalfe Tue, 28 Jul 2009 19:02:15 +0000 http://www.freeourdata.org.uk/blog/?p=453#comment-122390 [...] of support. I’ve even been hugged. We’ve been written about by Guardian Tech and FreeOurData. The site has served lots and lots of requests to people doing useful [...] [...] of support. I’ve even been hugged. We’ve been written about by Guardian Tech and FreeOurData. The site has served lots and lots of requests to people doing useful [...]

]]> By: John Stout http://www.freeourdata.org.uk/blog/2009/07/naughty-very-naughty-ernest-marples-frees-the-postcodes/comment-page-1/#comment-122123 John Stout Thu, 23 Jul 2009 07:25:48 +0000 http://www.freeourdata.org.uk/blog/?p=453#comment-122123 If I go to Google Maps, enter a postcode, then paste the following line of Javascript into the address bar and Enter, I get the latitude and longitude of the centre of the map (I assume this is the 'centre' of the postcode. javascript:void(prompt('',gApplication.getMap().getCenter())); (from http://distlib.blogs.com/distlib/2007/06/latlong_bookmar.html) I can't see any substantive difference between what ernestmarples.com are doing and what Google offers: if the Royal Mail goes after ernestmarples.com then I assume that they would have to go after Google, and I know who my money would be on. Perhaps someone could write a webservice that we can all offer using Google Maps if ernestmarples.com gets taken down. If I go to Google Maps, enter a postcode, then paste the following line of Javascript into the address bar and Enter, I get the latitude and longitude of the centre of the map (I assume this is the ‘centre’ of the postcode.

javascript:void(prompt(”,gApplication.getMap().getCenter()));

(from http://distlib.blogs.com/distlib/2007/06/latlong_bookmar.html)

I can’t see any substantive difference between what ernestmarples.com are doing and what Google offers: if the Royal Mail goes after ernestmarples.com then I assume that they would have to go after Google, and I know who my money would be on.

Perhaps someone could write a webservice that we can all offer using Google Maps if ernestmarples.com gets taken down.

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