# Open source effort to free up the postcode file

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2006/11/02/open-source-effort-free-postcode-file-0/
- Published: 2006-11-02T12:10:07+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

Fed up with paying for the postcode address file or being restricted in the uses
you can make of it? An initiative to create an independent, open source version 
of the Royal Mail’s postcode data is underway and is already one-third complete.

[Postcode Lite](http://www.npemap.org.uk) is asking individuals in England and Wales
to enter their postcodes and identify their location. They are using out-of-copyright
Ordnance Survey maps.

So, if this is the kind of service that would help your organisation, contribute
your own data to help make it a success.

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