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Bob Eager
 
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On Tue, 19 Apr 2005 13:47:44 UTC, Andy Wade
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Christian McArdle wrote:

That is certainly very likely. However, the point is (which I presume you
agree with) that postcodes have quite enough geographical precision for the
task. The predictors probably just look at the first part of the postcode.


I'm pretty sure the DTG one[*] uses the full postcode, not just the
postcode sector, which would be much too coarse.

[*] http://www.dtg.org.uk/retailer/coverage.html


As I said elsewhere, it certainly wants all of it. However, the result
it gives seems to indicate otherwise.

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