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The web service description can be found at the following location. http://ws1.postcodesoftware.co.uk/lookup.asmx

Data supplied by the Royal MailWhen creating the URL to connect to the web service there are three variables that need to be added to it. Examples of the URL are shown below with the parameters and explanations.  You can use the Account 'test' with password 'test 'to access the demonstration data.  The demonstration data consists of postcodes in the LS18 region.  Examples can be found here.

Geocode URL

http://ws1.postcodesoftware.co.uk/lookup.asmx/getGeoData?account=test&password=test&postcode=LS185NJ

Parameter
Explanation
Account
Account is where you will input your account name which is supplied to you when you first sign up.
Password
Password is where you will input your password for the account which is supplied to you when you first sign up.
Postcode
Postcode is the postcode that has been entered buy the user

When the webservice has been called it will send back all the information in XML. The information is shown below.

Attributes
Explanation
Longitude
Longitude of the the postcode
Latitude
Latitude of the the postcode
Easting
Easting of the postcode
Northing
Northing of the postcode

Examples

Click on the following links below to download an example.

ASP Example
PHP 5 Example
 
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