Post Codes on Rightmove

[neiloxford]

Hi,

They have changed to Google maps which show locations

staticmap?center=51.78462,-1.25990&zoom=15&size=640x400&maptype=roadmap&client=gme-rightmove&sensor=false&channel=propertydetails

therefore can we get the post code information please?

[neiloxford]

In source page

RIGHTMOVE.MAPS.dynamicMap.init({
attachToElement : "#map_canvas",
latitude : 51.77776365164801,
longitude : -1.2701535717726053,
zoom : 15,
showPin : true,
initiallyStatic : false,
customIcon : "/ps/images10021/maps/icons/rmpin.png",
customIconShadow : "/ps/images10021/maps/icons/rmshadow.png",
customIconWidth : 21,
customIconHeight : 25

The latitude and Longitude can be queried with google maps to get the post code no?

[s-p]

My understanding is that the data which allows for the transfer of Longitude/Latitude co-ordinates to Post Codes is not currently freely available. However, that is hopefully due to change in the immediate future?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8402327.stm

As it stands, I'm not sure it would be possible to implement the functionality you desire without this event taking place. Please feel free to correct me though, as I'm not 100% aware of the current situation!

[skenaja]

It is now freely available - see http://www.ernestmarples.com/

Data can be downloaded from here: http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsite/opendata/ or http://parlvid.mysociety.org:81/os/ (mirror)

You need the "Code-Point Open" dataset.