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1. Bob Mottram (bob@social.freedombone.net)'s status on Monday, 04-Dec-2017 06:43:02 EST Bob Mottram
   @rysiek @cyberkiller I only use it occasionally for the street view and looking up postcodes. There's a weird situation in the UK where postcodes (zip codes) are considered the secret information of the government and so they're either not available or not very accurate within openstreetmaps.
   1. Hattie Cat (hattiecat@quitter.no)'s status on Monday, 04-Dec-2017 07:30:00 EST Hattie Cat

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      @bob @cyberkiller @rysiek There's an open Ordnance Survey database of postcode code points and a UK government API https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/business-and-government/products/code-point-open.html  https://data.gov.uk/apps/uk-postcodes
   2. Hattie Cat (hattiecat@quitter.no)'s status on Monday, 04-Dec-2017 07:44:50 EST Hattie Cat

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      @bob @cyberkiller @rysiek The Post Office Tower (now Telecom Tower) wasn't marked on any maps of London for a while - even though it's a big tall building visible from miles around. "Secrecy".