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:Thank you for trying, is there a way to reduce the size first? [[User:Kintetsubuffalo|Chris (クリス • フィッチュ)]] ([[User talk:Kintetsubuffalo|talk]]) 04:10, 8 January 2010 (UTC)

::Yeah, it could be edited in a text editor, but that's beyond my crude SVG skills. [[User:Kmusser|Kmusser]] ([[User talk:Kmusser|talk]]) 04:14, 8 January 2010 (UTC)

== Postcode areas in the United Kingdom ==

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'''Article(s):''' [[List of postcode areas in the United Kingdom]]

'''Request:''' Can someone make a simple black and white svg map of the postal areas in the United Kingdom? There are a couple maps on the net [http://www.businesslistsuk.com/postcode_map.htm][http://www.werelate.org/wiki/England_research_guide][http://www.whichlist.com/Support/UK-Postcode-Map.php][http://www.conservationregister.com/PostalAreas.asp].[[User:Brianann MacAmhlaidh|Brianann MacAmhlaidh]] ([[User talk:Brianann MacAmhlaidh|talk]]) 11:19, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

*Cool, thanks Classical geographer. The article gets about a 1,000 hits a day [http://stats.grok.se/en/200912/List_of_postcode_areas_in_the_United_Kingdom], and i think it'd really help people out if they can visualise the list there. Another thing was that i was working on a surname article (''[[McQueen (surname)]]'') and one site [http://www.nationaltrustnames.org.uk/] lists the frequency of surnames by these postal areas. So if you can come up with an svg version it could be the base for coloured name-distribution maps too.--[[User:Brianann MacAmhlaidh|Brianann MacAmhlaidh]] ([[User talk:Brianann MacAmhlaidh|talk]]) 05:57, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

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Actually, there's a map on Commons already, but it's in colour, and PNG. Yet it provides a link to OpenStreetmap, from which an SVG can be extracted as well. I'll give that a try, unless someone else is willing to take it up. [[User:Classical geographer|Classical geographer]] ([[User talk:Classical geographer|talk]]) 18:44, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

:If you can wait four months, [[Royal Mail]] sources may become free enough for us to use[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8402327.stm]. [[User:Certes|Certes]] ([[User talk:Certes|talk]]) 17:07, 13 December 2009 (UTC)

:Waiting may be the way to go on this one, the OSM version has definite errors, and versions linked in the request are all copyrighted, if the official map become usable then problem solved. [[User:Kmusser|Kmusser]] ([[User talk:Kmusser|talk]]) 14:45, 14 December 2009 (UTC)

::That makes sense, no harm in waiting and seeing how things unfold,--[[User:Brianann MacAmhlaidh|Brianann MacAmhlaidh]] ([[User talk:Brianann MacAmhlaidh|talk]]) 06:42, 20 December 2009 (UTC)

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File:Postcodes-Overview.png|Currently on Commons: colour, PNG

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:::The Commons map is a good effort but beware of several mistakes. Chelmsford is not on Teesside, nor Motherwell in Fife, and I can see a dozen more subtle errors. London and perhaps NW England need an inset to fit in the missing labels. [[User:Certes|Certes]] ([[User talk:Certes|talk]]) 14:05, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

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