Wayne Stallwood <ALUGlist@digimatic.co.uk> wrote:
True enough..but asking a customer to type in their LongLat for a estimation of delivery cost or to get an approximation of their position is hardly user friendly as most people can remember their postcode but how many have memorised their LongLat ?
Me, but I keep playing with mapping systems and satellite aiming.
Given that LB seems to be interested in the out code only, it doesn't look like a great degree of accuracy is required for this instance. The wrong village thing is a concern however, is it unique to google for the instances you have found ?
Yes, it has been, so far. In this particular case, mistakes have been fixed fairly quickly once reported. It does look rather like they sometimes mis-map their postcode database to whatever internal grid they're using, as all postcodes in an area are off by a similar translation. Regards, -- MJ Ray http://mjr.towers.org.uk/email.html tel:+44-844-4437-237 - Webmaster-developer, statistician, sysadmin, online shop builder, consumer and workers co-operative member http://www.ttllp.co.uk/ - Writing on koha, debian, sat TV, Kewstoke http://mjr.towers.org.uk/