Ordnance Survey Code-Point with polygons
Prices start from £5
Features and benefits
Code-Point polygons are produced by tessellating individual address records from ADDRESS-POINT® and selectively clipping them, where appropriate, to roads, railways, rivers and so on. They are also nested within the sector boundaries prescribed by Royal Mail®. Code-Point polygons enclose every fully matched address in the correct boundary and are significantly more accurate than previous products of this type.
It provides a precise geographical location for each postcode unit in Great Britain. There are approximately 1.7 million postcode units in England, Scotland and Wales. Each postcode unit, such as KY12 8UP or PO14 2RS, contains an average of fifteen adjoining addresses.
- A boundary clearly showing the national extent of each postcode unit, enabling non-addressable data to be analysed on a postcode basis.
- Allows results to be related to local authority and National Health areas.
Suggested applications
- Market analysis and profiling
- Statistical analysis
- Crime pattern analysis
- Epidemiology
- Resource allocation
- Sales targeting
- Route planning
Key Points
| Mapping type | Vector co-ordinate based product |
|---|---|
| Style | Indicative footprint for postcode units |
| Used in | Analysis of: Market analysis and profiling; Statistical analysis; Crime pattern analysis; Epidemiology; Resource allocation; Sales targeting; Route planning |
| Can be put into | Geographical Information Systems (GIS) for analysis |
| Combinations | Combine with base mapping to give geographical bearing and with statistical data for analysis purposes. |
| Available as | DXF, DWG, MID/MIF, SHP, BDS files - see more information for compatibility |
| Cannot | Be used without appropriate software and preferably background mapping |
| Also consider | Code-Point for a product indicating a postcode point rather than postcode area |
