Points of Interest Technical Specification

This technical specification provides detailed technical information about Points of Interest. It is targeted at technical users and software developers.

The Points of Interest product is a comprehensive location-based directory of all public and privately-owned businesses, educational institutions and leisure services in Britain. It contains over four million records, sourced and quality-checked from over a hundred leading listing suppliers. It’s updated four times a year, so you’ll always be working with current information.

Media formats

Points of Interest customer orders are currently supplied via secure URL. The current size of a full supply is about 1 Gb.

Glossary

The product Glossary contains definitions and terms applicable to this product.

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Index

This technical specification includes the following sections:

• Using Points of Interest

• Pipe delimited text (PDT) file format

• Code lists

• Example records

• Glossary