← Back to context Comment by jon_richards 1 year ago And yet we still enter zip code after the rest of the address. 8 comments jon_richards Reply pjc50 1 year 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 1 year ago A UK post code is much more specific than a five digit zip code which might be one reason why. graemep 1 year 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 1 year 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 1 year 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 1 year 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 1 year ago A UK post code is much more specific than a five digit zip code which might be one reason why. graemep 1 year 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 1 year 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 1 year ago A UK post code is much more specific than a five digit zip code which might be one reason why.
graemep 1 year 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 1 year 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 1 year 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 1 year 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.