Comment by jon_richards 3 days ago And yet we still enter zip code after the rest of the address. 8 comments jon_richards Reply pjc50 3 days ago Huh. In the UK we usually enter postcode plus house number and have the computer look up the rest of the address (even though that's a paid API). dambi0 3 days ago A UK post code is much more specific than a five digit zip code which might be one reason why. graemep 3 days ago Good point, but because the postcode database was privatised it will always have to be a paid service which is why not everyone uses it. robertlagrant 2 days ago It's still paid even if it's public. The difference is now the people who use it pay for it. 3 replies → wat10000 2 days ago A lot of sites these days have some sort of live search functionality that apparently knows about all addresses. There, I can type in my house number and maybe the first three letters of my street name and it somehow manages to find me.
pjc50 3 days ago Huh. In the UK we usually enter postcode plus house number and have the computer look up the rest of the address (even though that's a paid API). dambi0 3 days ago A UK post code is much more specific than a five digit zip code which might be one reason why. graemep 3 days ago Good point, but because the postcode database was privatised it will always have to be a paid service which is why not everyone uses it. robertlagrant 2 days ago It's still paid even if it's public. The difference is now the people who use it pay for it. 3 replies →
dambi0 3 days ago A UK post code is much more specific than a five digit zip code which might be one reason why.
graemep 3 days ago Good point, but because the postcode database was privatised it will always have to be a paid service which is why not everyone uses it. robertlagrant 2 days ago It's still paid even if it's public. The difference is now the people who use it pay for it. 3 replies →
robertlagrant 2 days ago It's still paid even if it's public. The difference is now the people who use it pay for it. 3 replies →
wat10000 2 days ago A lot of sites these days have some sort of live search functionality that apparently knows about all addresses. There, I can type in my house number and maybe the first three letters of my street name and it somehow manages to find me.
Huh. In the UK we usually enter postcode plus house number and have the computer look up the rest of the address (even though that's a paid API).
A UK post code is much more specific than a five digit zip code which might be one reason why.
Good point, but because the postcode database was privatised it will always have to be a paid service which is why not everyone uses it.
It's still paid even if it's public. The difference is now the people who use it pay for it.
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A lot of sites these days have some sort of live search functionality that apparently knows about all addresses. There, I can type in my house number and maybe the first three letters of my street name and it somehow manages to find me.