BT codes over layed on Map

[Mike]

Hi all

I wondered if anyone know where I can get a Map(on the web) of middle England with the BT dialing codes over layed.

Any ideas..............many thanks for your time

Mike

[Paul K]

Does it need to be a map?

[nfs6600]

Be fast just getting your Yellow pages / Phone book out and looking through the list that way. (thats assuming all you want it for it to gain area codes )

[Paul K]

Originally Posted by nfs6600

Be fast just getting your Yellow pages / Phone book out and looking through the list that way. (thats assuming all you want it for it to gain area codes )

Even easier to get the computer to look it up for you http://www.downloads.bt.com/phonebook/pdf/UKCODESv2.pdf
and if you want maps
http://www.streetmap.co.uk/
you can search via telephone code

there is a list here, but no map

http://www.ofcom.org.uk/telecoms/ioi/numbers/261701.pdf



while this will give location from an area code with links to a map

http://www.ukphoneinfo.com/section/tci/locator.shtml

[spiderplant]

Messing about with Mappoint and that list from Ofcom, I can do things like this:

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It needs a bit of work though. Any use?

Not sure what you mean by "middle England". A map of Daily Mail readers???

[ian@huth]

BT don't publish maps of charge group boundaries according to an article at
http://www.davros.org/phones/charging.html

You can tell what phone numbers BT classify as local or regional to yours on the site, the rest being national.

[SMHarman]

Does give some curiosities though. In the bottom right of that map Hertford between Ware and Welwyn does not have a pointer because it is more of a Hoddesdon exchange that then goes south a very long way.
Makes you realise how many area codes there are. Looks very inefficient compared to the NANS

[Stuart]

It probably is inefficient. While the system was probably very efficient to start with, BT have been updating the same system of numbers for 40 odd years now.

The trouble is, if they changed it in any significant way, tens of millions of people would have their phone numbers change.

[SMHarman]

True, but we have changed the numbers for London 3 times in the last 15 years, that impacts about 10% of the numbers in the country. We have also changed Bristol, Leeds and a few other cities. That probably adds another 5%. Would it not be better to get it right next time?

[quadplay]

It may be inefficient, but it's very logical (or at least, used to be before the 011 and 02 codes were introduced).

For example, Saffron Walden was 0799. If you look at the letters on your phone keypad, you'll see S is 7 and W is 9. Hence, 0 for non-local, 79 for SW, 9 because it was the 9th area with those letters. Similarly, SWansea was 0792 and SWindon 0793. CArdiff 0222, CAmbridge 0223. GUildford 0483, HUnstanton 0485... etc...

The exception to this was the letter O, which became the number 0 in codes - so NOrthampton was 0604.

[Mike]

Originally Posted by spiderplant

Messing about with Mappoint and that list from Ofcom, I can do things like this:



It needs a bit of work though. Any use?

Not sure what you mean by "middle England". A map of Daily Mail readers???

Exactly the type of thind I was looking for..............middle england relating to Oxfordshire and the surrounding Counties

thanks again.

Mike

[spiderplant]

How's this?

[black dog]

Dear Spiderplant,

Please get in touch with me regarding the possibility of publishing your postcodes map.

Regards

[Jon T]

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