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Originally Posted by entwisi
decompress it using anything that supports bz2 compression
its a basic text file with data listed as per teh colum headers on line one. You could import it into a spreadsheet ( Excel/Openoffice Calc etc) or into a Database program ( Access, OpenOffice Base, MySQL, Oracle, Cloudbase etc
From there its up to you how you use it depending on what you want it for. Information is only valuable if you have a use for it
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I did all that, and opened in office, okay it does give post code and map ref numbers, but I'll stand by what I said you need the ordnance survey maps and a roamer, to use the thing. It may be ok for businesses but most of them already have it. I you want to know how far to Merlin Close Google Earth is more accurate.
Retlaw