pjc50 2 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).

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  • dambi0 2 days ago

    A UK post code is much more specific than a five digit zip code which might be one reason why.

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  • graemep 2 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.

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    • 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.

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      • abridgett 2 days ago

        This sounds reasonable. However there was a study showing major economic benefits if was free. These benefits came from more people implementing it, time saved by all those additional users, removal of licensing hassle.

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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.

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