Post codes primarily serve one purpose - to allow Royal Mail to efficiently deliver post. If the government was to own it then the government is going to need to provide all sorts of service levels, liability cover to ensure Royal Mail can continue to operate. Or we'll get an odd situation where the Royal Mail dataset and government one …
Post codes primarily serve one purpose - to allow Royal Mail to efficiently deliver post. If the government was to own it then the government is going to need to provide all sorts of service levels, liability cover to ensure Royal Mail can continue to operate. Or we'll get an odd situation where the Royal Mail dataset and government one diverges over time...
The only way I can see this sensibly working is the Royal Mail continues to own and maintain the data and is obliged to provide the data for free / minimal cost.
Post codes primarily serve one purpose - to allow Royal Mail to efficiently deliver post. If the government was to own it then the government is going to need to provide all sorts of service levels, liability cover to ensure Royal Mail can continue to operate. Or we'll get an odd situation where the Royal Mail dataset and government one diverges over time...
The only way I can see this sensibly working is the Royal Mail continues to own and maintain the data and is obliged to provide the data for free / minimal cost.