Geoplan’s Distance tables provide the straight line distance between the centres of Postcode Sectors or Districts, to a maximum of 100 miles, ideal for sales territory analysis, retail planning and service applications.
Source – Geoplan
Recency – Part of Quarterly Release Cycle
Geographical Coverage and Accuracy – Full UK
Projection – N/A
Available Formats – .csv
Layer Type – N/A
Most up to date postcode sector data
Updated each quarter
Based upon Geoplan SuperPro Sector boundaries – the most precise postcode geography on the market
License type- Annual
Update cycle – Quarterly
Ideal for sales territory analysis, retail planning and service applications
Geoplan’s Distance tables provide the straight line distance between the centres of Postcode Sectors or Districts, to a maximum of 100 miles, ideal for sales territory analysis, retail planning and service applications.
As the data is sourced from actual boundaries, it means the adjacency table will not include non-geographic Postcode Sectors.
Inland water bodies are not included as 'holes' in Geoplan boundaries, although there are four exceptions - Loch of Strom on Shetland, Loch Lomond in Scotland, Lough Neagh in Northern Ireland and Strangford Sea Loch, also in Northern Ireland, which has been made into a closed Loch.
Where Postcode sectors occur close to inland waters the sector boundary runs along the centre of the water body. Alternatively, if settlements alongside the lake/loch have different postal sectors because of their accessibility/relative distances to postal delivery offices the sector may cut across the water body to accommodate this. Postcode Boundaries often follow man-made and natural features, but are not intended to represent them.
Larger estuaries such as the Firth of Tay and Forth, Tyne, Thames and Exe are included in Geoplan boundaries, although not necessarily up to their tidal limit. Geoplan often cuts across smaller estuaries, although on some a small inlet may be shown to gain a general outline of the coast.
The Geoplan product also contains the Isle of Man Sectors IM1 0, IM2 0, IM3 0 and IM8 0, but do not actually exist as real codes. This is because, although the extents of the Districts IM1, IM2, IM3 and IM8 are known, the boundaries of the Sectors within them cannot be determined. No maps exist at the Isle of Man Post Office which show these Sectors, so the non-existent Sectors listed above were created by Geoplan to take their place.
Look-up tables between Postcodes and other forms of geography.
Service centre applications.
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Routing applications and planning.
Sales territory analysis.
Proximity analysis.
Retail planning.
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