The website for the postcode module points to this site for getting the data http://jibble.org/ukpostcodes/
It seems to have been put together by three guys - though it isn't clear how they did it.
It only covers the major part of the postcode - eg the "E11" of "E11 1LT" so it isn't going to be terribly useful - but better than nothing. (This seems to contradict the original poster so maybe I am wrong).
From the website:
" Thanks to William Platts for the OS grid reference data, Jonathan Stott for the latitudes and longitudes, and Jon Godwin for detecting and correcting some locations."
One also has to wonder how they got the list of postcodes in the first place because the Royal Mail might try claiming that it was part of their copyrighted database... I wouldn't put it past them.
Alex
On Tue, 31 Aug 2004 20:27:28 +0100, Kake L Pugh kake@earth.li wrote:
Haven't looked at the module yet, don't know where he's getting the data from.
Kake
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From: william ross will@spanner.org Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2004 19:39:06 +0100 To: CDBI cdbi-talk@groups.kasei.com Subject: Geo::Postcode
Hello,
I've just finished (for now) and uploaded the module that I use to work with UK postcodes. It handles validation, parsing, location and the common distance-to-here calculation in a fairly economical way, and it can deal transparently with postcodes at different resolutions (ie it will tell you how far it is from 'SW1' to 'EC1Y 8PQ'), to allow for the various data sets that are available.
At the moment it's up as Geo::Postcode, but that may well change in order to sit nicely next to similar modules from other countries.