AFD Pocket Products: Pocket Postcode Plus

Overview

Many organisations use Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) or Mobile Devices to bring radical improvements to the productivity of field staff and customer service levels. The big down side is that entering data with a stylus / touch screen or miniature keyboard is both tedious and error prone.

Integrating Pocket Postcode Plus helps ensure that vital address details are entered quickly, completely and accurately to any Windows Mobile device. This helps ensure that investment in mobile technology does not result in poor service through basic data inaccuracy.

Pocket Postcode Plus delivers comprehensive address lookup at lightning speed from over 28.5 million addresses for delivery point (letterbox) accuracy. Postcode Plus includes the Royal Mail’s Postcode Address File (PAF) in a tightly compressed instantly searchable format for portable and constantly available use on the move.

The grid references in Postcode Plus enable the interchange of data between GIS systems and postal address systems. They also enable easy calculation of the distance (linear) between postcodes for building "nearest" outlet locators or for allocating customers to specific sales territories or delivery areas etc.

AFD Pocket Postcode Plus uses Royal Mail PAF® data to offer every handheld computer user fast, affordable and easy access to address data - from just the postcode - or from address fragments - fast. The stand-alone Pocket Postcode Plus program can be used for simple look-ups, searches, or to insert data into other programs. The powerful Application Programmers Interface (API) enables developers to put the full functionality of AFD Pocket Postcode Plus to work in your own mobile applications.

Business Benefits:

Quickly look up full address from any address fragment
Save up to 80% of keystrokes entering addresses, ideal for handhelds
Save hours of wasted time
Verify correct postal addresses to delivery point level
Enter first-rate, reliable addresses on the move

How can Pocket Postcode Plus be used?

Pocket Postcode Plus is designed to make light work of address data entry. Based on the popular AFD Postcode Plus program, it takes the power of rapid, accurate addressing available beyond the call centre into mobile applications. It is used in field marketing within retail, charity and transport sectors. Pocket Postcode Plus will look up a street address from a Postcode or find them fast from any address fragment

What Operating Systems does Pocket Postcode Plus work with?

Pocket Postcode Plus is designed for Windows Mobile and Pocket devices. To install the software simply connect the mobile device to a Windows PC using Microsoft ActiveSync or Windows Mobile Device Centre. AFD mobile solutions can be supported on most Windows CE devices. For further details please contact AFD.

Does Pocket Postcode Plus contain all the data I need?

Pocket Postcode contains full Royal Mail Address Data to Grid References and a host of other data.

Other AFD Mobile Solutions

If would like to reference c. 34 million people (many with telephone numbers), and over 2 million business names and telephone numbers on a mobile device try Pocket Names & Numbers. To validate bank, account and card details please see Pocket BankFinder.

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Address, Postcode and Bank solutions