full postal code check

andyblissett · Regular Visitor Joined: Jun 20, 2004 Posts: 65

a full postcode will get you nearly there, but certainly not pinpoint it. 1.5 million postcodes, 22 million house, so about 15 households per postcode. This will obviously vary somewhat.

andyblissett · Regular Visitor Joined: Jun 20, 2004 Posts: 65

still speak to the citizens advice bureau, terms and conditions NEVER override your stautory rights, if they attempt to, then it is an ilegal contract, that why most companies still meniotn it at the bottom of their T&C's. I believe the direct selling initiative, comes under your statutory right, but check this out.

andyblissett · Regular Visitor Joined: Jun 20, 2004 Posts: 65

and here is the document from that CAB that describes your rights

http://www.adviceguide.org.uk/buying_over_the_internet.pdf

You do have to pay for the costs to return it, but that is the only cost you should have to pay. Like I said Terms and conditions do not affect your rights as a consumer.

I hate it when companies try to feed people this sh1t.

Andy

AndyCr15 · Posted: Wed Jul 21, 2004 8:33 pm Post subject:

But, these only apply if it is returned before 7 days of receipt (have we confirmed this yet?) and doesn't apply to software. Tomtom Go has to have software... maybe this means these regulations don't apply?
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remus · Posted: Wed Jul 21, 2004 9:33 pm Post subject:

Hi
The full post code lokup is exactly what I am looking for. We have to deliver to many houses most of which just have names.

Dave was saying that the cost is to much for sat nav to include. But just to give you an idea of the way we find a house at the moment.
We have two software products one of which is Quick address which lets you type in the Road Name then shows all the House/Firm names and numbers with the post code. This could also be done with the Postal Address Book which is sent to all houses every year or so.

The other product is a Locater software. I would need to check on the name if anyone wants it since the title changed this year.
From this package you enter the post code and up on the screen map come the location of that post code down to about 100yds. over the whole UK. Yes some time in might be 15 houses with the code but it could also be just one. We use it most days.
The cost is about £30-£40 for a years use.

So how come this is to much for the sat nav firms to add on.
The ideal product for my firm and many others would have full post code look up then when you have found the house it could be entered into the poi database so if another drive had to deliver to that house agin the sat nav would be able to find it on a busy road.

Kevin.

AndyCr15 · Posted: Wed Jul 21, 2004 9:42 pm Post subject:

How many different post codes are there to most streets? I personally wouldn't want to pay £40 more (well, maybe more cause its a one of payment, not a subscription) just to narrow down addresses any further.

Anyway, there is a free post code lookup, Tomtom plugin....so why not just use that?
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drummer · Posted: Wed Jul 21, 2004 10:02 pm Post subject:

AndyCr15 · Posted: Wed Jul 21, 2004 10:10 pm Post subject:

Sorry, was talking to Remus there, who spends £40 a year on something that does that.
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mrklaw · Regular Visitor Joined: Jun 26, 2004 Posts: 67

surely at a stretch the limited 5 digit postcode is enough if you know the street name?

as for the cost, £40 might not be a lot for an individual license to use for 12 months, but I'd imagine it would be a lot more expensive for Tom Tom to have unlimited sublicense rights for its consumers (which is what it effectively needs)

Dave · Posted: Tue Jul 27, 2004 9:21 am Post subject:

MikeB · Posted: Tue Jul 27, 2004 10:44 am Post subject:

Another thing to bear in mind is that postcodes are very specific to the UK. TomTom is a Global product.

Over in Europe postcodes only go to the village level, not street level. The USA is different again with Zip codes having similar resolution to the UK postcodes.

Would we be happy to see a price hike in TomTom for a development specifically for Germany, another for France, and a third for the States? I suspect not. TT would price themselves out of the market.
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KeithLeng · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jul 27, 2004 Posts: 3

I was similarly disappointed when I bought an HP INS system which was bundled with CoPilot 4. I had expected to be able to find addresses via post codes. The INS system is going back, not only because of the postcodes issue, but also because version 5 of CoPilot is now released so version 4 is obsolete.

Reading this thread, it seems that a pairing of TomTom and the downloadable uk postcode database would be head and shoulders above the competition. Would there any reason at all to go for CoPilot 5 or any of the other products when TomTom/uk postcodes is available?

remus · Posted: Tue Jul 27, 2004 9:01 pm Post subject:

dmac · Posted: Tue Jul 27, 2004 10:06 pm Post subject:

Kevin,
Think product you want really want may be found at
http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsite/products/addresspoint/
26 million georef address points is, I would think large database
to run on PPC.
I think when linked to sat nav on PPC the fact that some house
numbers are supplied is in itself a major advance. Smile

Aircooled68 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jul 27, 2004 Posts: 3

post codes?????? anyone want to go back to a stack of AtoZ's Confused

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