Postcodes / Zipcodes / 2013 0% open

What data is expected?

A database of postcodes/zipcodes and the corresponding geospatial locations in terms of a latitude and a longitude (or similar co-ordinates in an openly published national co-ordinate system). A database which gives a location in terms of the name of a town or a street without lat/long co-ordinates is not considered acceptable unless the name of the town or street can be further converted to a latitude and longitude by means of other open data (eg an open gazetteer with latitude and longitude attributes).

What data is available

•   Does the data exist? No
•   Is data in digital form? No
•   Publicly available? No
•   Is the data available for free? No
•   Is the data available online? No (Here)
•   Is the data machine readable? No (n/a)
•   Available in bulk? No
•   Openly licensed? No (No URL given)
•   Is the data provided on a timely and up to date basis? No

Details

There is a postcode dataset called HEXAPOST but it is not open data and it does not provide geospatial coordinates. You can purchase it for around 500 euros from a private provider. Furthermore, there is no other official open dataset that provide geospatial information for detailed adresses or towns. So according to the definition, postcode dataset does not exist.