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Postcode mailbox

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Grabbed from Building Democracy on 26 Sep 08
Submitted by: Nicola HealdDescribe your idea. What will you do?<>Very simple. Every postcode would be an email box hosted by the government. eg SE109RR@mail.gov . Anybody can log in and check the email sent to their postcode. In order to password protect the mailbox and in order to write emails the</>... more

Get geo-position coordinates from a UK postcode with Ruby

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Grabbed from Stef Lewandowski on 13 Apr 10
Introducing Pat, au ultra-lightweight Ruby gem for postcode->geolocation in the UK.It’s easy to install:sudo gem install patAnd easy to use. (Try it from the command-line with irb -r rubygems -r pat)postcode = Pat.get(“SW1A 2TT”)<>postcode["geo"]["lat"]=> “51.502308″postcode["geo"]["lng"]=> “-0.124</>... more