[BNM] Map whizzos

[John Thompson]

Thanks for the advice Mark Ng, James Moss, Joe Aliferis et al. Any of  
you guys want to help me implement this? Much as I would relish the  
challenge, I simply don't have the time...


On 1 Jul 2008, at 07:27, Mark Ng wrote:

> The yahoo geocoder is also pretty good at postcode -> street level.
>
> Mark
>
> 2008/7/1 James Moss <email at jamesmoss.co.uk>:
>> Multimap have recently released a really good REST API for geocoding,
>> getting directions etc.  Its particularly good for geocoding UK  
>> postcodes
>> down to street level (which google doesnt do in the UK currently).  
>> This data
>> can then be plugged into the gmaps javascript API.
>>
>> Its free for public use not sure about anything commercial.
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