Terribly sorry for raising this old post from more than 4 years ago. This is the result of being a new member and reading every post on the forum 🙂
I was very interested in this to the extent that I added my name and house to the map then read on. I was disappointed when it suddenly ran out of steam. I looked at the “maps” tab but couldn’t find the members map on there – I used the original link that was put into the thread initially. As I continued reading I tried Nathea’s link, unfortunately it doesn’t work any more 🙁 Has this part of the project been abandoned? It started off as an excellent idea. Meanwhile, I’ll leave my name on the map.
To Bill Little, as per your question back then, I tried your postal code and it gave me an largish area with Highpoint at the centre. So Postal Codes, at least in the States, give an area where you are but is certainly not indicating your actual home. That seems to offer some privacy, people would need to contact you for better details. There may be more privacy problems using Post Codes in the UK. If I remember correctly a Postal Code for the UK actually Identifies around 3 or 4 houses. For instance sending a letter addressed to John Smith only with the Postal code xxx xxxx would actually be delivered to the correct house with no other information required.
Ireland is only this year starting postal codes, they will work very similarly to UK Post Codes. I don’t know how other European Post Codes Work.
Anyway, sorry for dragging up an old post, but if it gets the ball rolling again, then it’s worth it, I, personally, think it’s a great idea.
Bill