I am glad that the Minister and Government are getting nearer and nearer to having an Irish system of postcodes. However, despite the opinions of expert groups I think it would be a pity if we adopted a system based on towns, villages, townlands and groups of houses. I was very impressed by the arguments of the National Statistics Board in their advice to Government about postcodes. They said "Significant value is added to data when it can be spatially mapped. A point-based postcode system that uses grid reference/GPS technology would provide a relatively clear-cut approach to allocating a postcode to an address". It would be much cheaper than a system based on towns and townlands, it would be future proof and it would not require to be nidified every year to accomodate new streets, houses, factories, town expansion etc. Has the Minister seriously considered the NSB's advice?
Brian Coulter
Posted on 3 Nov 2009 1:24 am
I am glad that the Minister and Government are getting nearer and nearer to having an Irish system of postcodes. However, despite the opinions of expert groups I think it would be a pity if we adopted a system based on towns, villages, townlands and groups of houses. I was very impressed by the arguments of the National Statistics Board in their advice to Government about postcodes. They said "Significant value is added to data when it can be spatially mapped. A point-based postcode system that uses grid reference/GPS technology would provide a relatively clear-cut approach to allocating a postcode to an address". It would be much cheaper than a system based on towns and townlands, it would be future proof and it would not require to be nidified every year to accomodate new streets, houses, factories, town expansion etc. Has the Minister seriously considered the NSB's advice?