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[OT] Postal counties to be dropped from the Postcode Address File
On Mon, 2 Aug 2010 21:26:17 +0100, Roland Perry
wrote: In message , at 21:17:03 on Mon, 2 Aug 2010, Neil Williams remarked: Ad you think that would still work if we had a two-tier (continental style) address model in the UK? I don't know when I suggested that. You suggested a continental model last night. I didn't. I suggested that the only data required to form an address would be as per the Continental system, i.e.:- 10 Anystreet Anytown AB1 2CD ....in which the street and town act as effectively checksums and to help the postman (actually only "10 AB1 2CD" is theoretically enough, but then there is no "checksum"). There is no need for district of the town nor for county, as the postcode will provide that information, and duplicate street names in a given town aren't that common. I tend to use that sort of format anyway, and haven't found it a problem. I did not at any point suggest that our postcode system should be reduced in scope to one of lower resolution such as that found in other countries. Neil -- Neil Williams in Milton Keynes, UK To reply put my first name before the at. |
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