topic UK Postcode/ZIP - New and a bit lost... in Data Management Questions

UK Postcode/ZIP - New and a bit lost...

HannahKirk — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 14:05:54 GMT

Hi all,

I read in the FAQ:

Can I geocode UK Postcodes directly in ArcGIS Online?

You can add features from a delimited text file (.txt) or comma-separated values text file (.csv) that contains Postcode information.

If you are using a Personal account you can geocode a file containing up to 250 addresses by adding it directly into your web map.
If you have a Subscription you can create a reusable geocoded dataset by publishing a hosted feature service. There is no limit to the number of addresses you can geocode via this method.

However I've not been able to. I find it is only picking up the first half of my postcode so I lose a lot of data.

Do you have any suggestions?

Thanks so much!

Hannah

Re: UK Postcode/ZIP - New and a bit lost...

SarahOsborne — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 17:00:49 GMT

Currently, you can only geocode using the first half of the postal code. In the December release of ArcGIS Online, you'll find that you will be able to geocode the entire postal code in the UK.

Re: UK Postcode/ZIP - New and a bit lost...

HannahKirk — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 08:19:09 GMT

Currently, you can only geocode using the first half of the postal code. In the December release of ArcGIS Online, you'll find that you will be able to geocode the entire postal code in the UK.

Thanks so much sarahoo, that is wonderful news and very helpful as it saves me finding a work around! Very much appreciated

Re: UK Postcode/ZIP - New and a bit lost...

DanEvans — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 14:17:09 GMT

*EDIT* If you have access to ArcMap: *EDIT*

Another way in the meantime would be to get the OS Code-Point Open data (it's free) from http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsite/products/code-point-open/index.html

You get a point feature for each full postcode in the UK, simply join the data in your .txt or .csv file to it based on the postcode, selecting to only keep matching features, and your data is geocoded to full postcode level.

You might need to play around with the codes as the OS data doesn't have a space between the incode and outcode where the first number has two digits, e.g. LS4 2DD and LS153EF. I've found the best way to do this is to create new fields for incode and outcode and use the field calculator to separate them before recombining them according to how your data is formatted.

Hope that helps...

Dan

Re: UK Postcode/ZIP - New and a bit lost...

HannahKirk — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 08:15:15 GMT

Wonderful, Dan! We will certainly look in to this!! It seems like a straightforward enough way forward.

*EDIT* If you have access to ArcMap: *EDIT*

Another way in the meantime would be to get the OS Code-Point Open data (it's free) from http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsite/products/code-point-open/index.html

You get a point feature for each full postcode in the UK, simply join the data in your .txt or .csv file to it based on the postcode, selecting to only keep matching features, and your data is geocoded to full postcode level.

You might need to play around with the codes as the OS data doesn't have a space between the incode and outcode where the first number has two digits, e.g. LS4 2DD and LS153EF. I've found the best way to do this is to create new fields for incode and outcode and use the field calculator to separate them before recombining them according to how your data is formatted.

Hope that helps...

Dan