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Mongoose39uk
6th January 2009, 02:41 PM
The Groundspeak Post Code search is pretty useless there days so..........

If you go here http://www.gpsvisualizer.com/geocode you can input the postcode and get co ordinates. Once you have the co ordinates you can use the Hide and seek a cache on Geocaching.com.

Handy if you are off on a trip some place and want to search for the nearest cache etc.

rutson
6th January 2009, 02:49 PM
Or https://www.nearby.org.uk/ and click the geocaching.com link

The Hornet
6th January 2009, 02:54 PM
Nice little routine, thanks for posting it. However be sure to use the Yahoo source rather than the Google one. I've just tried a couple of postcodes I know well and while Yahoo is spot on with both, the Google one is 0.5 and 10 miles out respectively.

Pharisee
7th January 2009, 02:40 PM
Nice little routine, thanks for posting it. However be sure to use the Yahoo source rather than the Google one. I've just tried a couple of postcodes I know well and while Yahoo is spot on with both, the Google one is 0.5 and 10 miles out respectively.
I have to concur with Peter. The Yahoo variant, when visualised with Google Maps, put my postcode right on the house next door to me which I thought was pretty damn close. The Google version, however, put it slap bang in the middle of Luton Airport which is well over a mile, as the cod swims, from my home. :confused:

gazooks
7th January 2009, 07:10 PM
I have to concur with Peter. The Yahoo variant, when visualised with Google Maps, put my postcode right on the house next door to me which I thought was pretty damn close. The Google version, however, put it slap bang in the middle of Luton Airport which is well over a mile, as the cod swims, from my home. :confused:


You think thats bad - Yahoo was about 100 mtrs out whereas Google put me in Texas !!:ohmy::wacko::blink:

esim
10th January 2009, 09:22 AM
For mine yahoo spot on but google places us in Germany...

uk89camaro
10th January 2009, 05:32 PM
The Groundspeak Post Code search is pretty useless there days so..........


I get an error message a lot, if I'm on the "hide & seek" page, but click again and it usually works. I don't get any error message if I use the home page search. The field that defaults to zip code 98103.

jacobite
15th January 2009, 08:56 PM
Very easy to use, I like it. Ta.