Nov 20 2006

Boing Boing: Help build a public UK postcode database

Published by Stef at 10:20 am under business

I should be glad to discover that others are in the same stupid situation where Italy is: a private company is allowed by the government to hold a monopoly on basic data, like the ZIP codes (Codici di Avviamento Postale, CAP in Italian).

A group of Italian volunteers have rebuilt the database, although without geographical references and the list is distributed by Free Software Foundation Europe (in Italian only). UK’s approach is interesting too: check on the website.

Boing Boing: Help build a public UK postcode database
New Public Edition maps are trying to create a freely usable UK postcode database. The British Post Office owns the database of postcodes and their corresponding coordinates

2 Responses to “Boing Boing: Help build a public UK postcode database”

  1. # micronolaon 25 Dec 2007 at 9:46 pm

    The link from Free Software Foundation Italy is no active any more. Is it possible to get link for download Italian ZIP codes?

    Regards

    micronola

  2. # Stefon 26 Dec 2007 at 2:17 pm

    The Italian ZIP codes can be downloaded from here: http://www.italy.fsfeurope.org/it/projects/cap/cap.it.html

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