- If a post code identifies a unique address it can be used as a check
for illegible/incorrect addresses.
- A post code identifying a unique address can have other purposes. As
an example it's used in some countries to help identify legitimate
delivery addresses and card transactions for online sales.
I'm not preaching it's the best way - I'm just pointing out what
geolocation codes don't do.
/KB
On 12/07/2011 11:22, Paul Scollon wrote:
> Should "It makes no allowance for people living in multi-story buildings
> who will all end up with the same post code" matter? It the point of a
> postcode not to get the postman to the geographical location when he can
> then reference the rest of the address eg. Joe Bloggs, Apartment A? The
> postcode does not replace the whole address, it's just an extra field to
> help ease the process, no?
>> Paul
>>> On 12/07/11 11:15, Kevin Brennan wrote:
>> It makes no allowance for people living in multi-story buildings who
>> will all end up with the same post code.
>
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