Downloads
Data samples and file layouts are available to download from this area......
GridLoc Sample
GridLoc File Layout
BPH Enhanced PAF® Data
GridLoc - Linking Locality & GIS Data
Many, many websites provide a facility to perform radial searches around a specified postcode. This is ideal when looking for cars, jobs, properties or many other products... But what if you don't know the full postcode - the visitor to your website may only know the postal sector, or village or even town around which they want to search. For this particular application BPH has developed a "hybrid" file called GridLoc which combines Locality data at Postal Sector level with both OSGR Easting/Northing coordinates and Latitude/Longitude values. The file combines both PAF® Locality data (Loc Type = LOC) and localities from the Alias file (ALC) and calculates centroid coordinates for each locality, post town (PTN) and postal sector. Below is a very small representation of the dataset. If you would like to trial the data please download the sample to the right.
The data solution cost for GridLoc is £700 p.a. for a single edition, plus the appropriate Royal Mail licence fees.
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