Geoplan’s Open Postcode Sector, District & Area boundaries represent extremely good value for money and deliver a high quality Postcode solution for national, regional, local and street level use. The product is based on tessellation and provides a high level of accuracy when used in conjunction with Geopoint (the points used as part of the tessellation Process)
Data
Source – Geoplan
Recency – Updated quarterly
Geographical Coverage and Accuracy – UK
Projection – OSGB, WGS84 and other projections available on request.
Available Formats – SHP, TAB, MIF, CSV, TXT and other formats available on request.
Layer Type – Boundary Layer
Data Health
High quality solutions for national through to street level use
Updated quarterly
License Type
License type- Annual
Update frequency – Updated quarterly
A high quality Postcode solution for national, regional, local and street level use
Content information
Recognition of Inland Water
Inland water bodies are not included as 'holes' in Geoplan boundaries, although there is 1 exception -Lough Neagh in Northern Ireland.
Coastline Source
The coastline is very detailed is provided as part of the Geoplan value add and comes directly from Geoplan SuperPro Postcode Sector Boundaries.
Non-Geographic Postcodes
The Non-Geographic Postcode Sectors (and districts) are not provided as part of this product.
Isle of Man
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.
How to buy
To purchase one of our data packs, please call one of our account managers on 01423 569538