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Code-Point Open is a data product and does not include software for analysis but can be used with a variety of programs. Code-Point Open can be loaded into a GIS (geographical information system) for display and analysis of the data. Consult your GIS documentation to establish actual system requirements.
Code-Point Open is only available as national cover of Great Britain. The product is supplied in two formats (CSV and GeoPackage) as an online download from the .
Updates are supplied quarterly (February, May, August and November) and provided as a complete resupply. Any postcode that is deleted between supplies will not be included.
Code-Point Open covers postcodes for Great Britain. In CSV format, postcodes are divided into postcode areas and supplied as 120 files. GeoPackage format is a self-contained database.
The approximate file sizes of the respective data formats are as follows:
CSV: 153MB
GeoPackage: 257MB
The Code-Point Open CSV format contains two folders in the root directory: Doc and Data The Doc folder contains the following files:
Codelist.xlsx – Lookup table of Government Statistical Service (GSS) codes.
Code-Point_Open_Column_Headers.csv – Description of column headers.
licence.txt – Important licence information.
metadata.txt – Number of postcode units in each postcode area.
NHS_Codelist.xls – Lookup table of health GSS codes.
readme.txt – Summary of supplied data.
The Data folder contains the following sub-folder:
CSV – 120 postcode area files in CSV format.
The Code-Point Open GeoPackage format contains the following text file in the root directory:
Readme.txt – Summary of supplied data And two folders: Doc and Data.
The Doc folder contains the following files:
Codelist.xlsx – Lookup table of GSS codes.
Code-Point_Open_Column_Headers.csv – Description of column headers.
Licence.txt – Important licence information.
Metadata.txt – Number of postcode units in each postcode area.
NHS_Codelist.xls – Lookup table of health GSS codes The Data folder contains the following file:
Codepo_gb.gpkg – One postcode area file in GeoPackage format.
The structure of Code-Point Open supplied in CSV is described in the product's Technical Specification.
The structure of Code-Point Open supplied in GeoPackage is described in the product's Technical Specification.