我正在规划一个网站，该网站需要能够使用部分详细信息（例如街道名称）搜索地址。地址对于应用程序的整个工作来说是不可或缺的。
鉴于皇家邮政完全由英国政府所有，但信息不属于公共领域，有人对我如何管理这个问题有任何建议吗？
如果我无法获得这些信息，这个想法就需要被废弃。
谢谢，
保罗
更新：
我对争论我是否会赚钱或者别人如何知道这一点不感兴趣。我的问题不是关于数据是否应该免费提供给所有人，我认为应该考虑到我们是纳税人，政府对我们负责，并且政府拥有拥有邮政服务的私人公司。
这个问题肯定已经结束了，但感谢所有的评论......:)
I'm planning a site which will need to have the ability to search for an address using partial details, like street name. Addresses are integral to the whole working of the app.
Does anyone have any suggestions how I can manage this, given how the Royal Mail is wholly owned by the UK government but the information is not public domain?
The idea will need to be scrapped if I can't get this information.
Thanks,
Paul
UPDATE:
I'm not interested in getting into a debate about whether I will make money or how anyone would know that. My question is not about whether the data should be freely available to everyone, which I think it should be given we are tax payers, the government answers to us, and the government owns the private company that owns the mail service.
This question has definitely run its course, but thanks for all the comments... :)
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问题是 PAF（邮局地址查找器）几乎是唯一真正的答案，因为邮政编码的变化比我们愿意谈论的要多。您的公司将不得不承担为此支付的费用。过去在邮政编码方面做了很多工作，我不知道有一个系统可以让您免费获得这些信息。我相信，即使您尝试从数据列表（例如选民名册等）对其进行逆向工程，您也必须支付完整的数据库费用。
The problem is PAF (the postoffice address finder) is pretty much the only real answer as postcodes change more than we like to talk about. Your company would have to face the cost of paying for it. Having done a lot of work with postcodes in the past, I am not aware of a system that lets you have this information free.. I believe even if you tried to reverse engineer it from data lists (eg electoral roll etc) you have to pay for a full DB.
该信息属于公共领域。我可以查找邮政编码。
英国皇家邮政告诉您为什么 限制为 15查找。
我还要补充一点，超过 15 次查找就意味着商业收益或利润：因此您应该为这些信息付费。根据他们的商业产品页面。
编辑：
假设使用这些数据的网站是免费的、非营利的、慈善的，等等。因此您可以免费访问 PAF。我的网站点击您的网站即可免费访问 PAF。
The information is the public domain. I can lookup a postcode.
Royal Mail tells you why there is a limit of 15 lookups.
I'd also add that more than 15 lookups means commercial gain or profit: so you should pay for this information. As per their commercial products page.
Edit:
Let's say the website using this data is free, non-profit, charity, whatever. So you get access to the PAF for free. My website hits your web site to get free access to the PAF.
只是在搜索一篇新闻文章，我记得并发现了这个:-)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2009/sep/16/wikileaks-postcode-file-free-data
维基解密的链接已损坏，但也许您仍然可以找到它。
Was just searching for a news article I remembered and found this :-)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2009/sep/16/wikileaks-postcode-file-free-data
The link to Wikileaks is broken but maybe you can find it still.