Postcode invalid?

[TheShaggyDA]

I'm trying to add a postcode to my profile, and it's rejecting it as invalid. Any idea as to what I'm doing wrong?

The message is :-

"Your postcode could not be translated into a map reference, please check it and try again"
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[GFK]

<wild guess>

Typing the wrong postcode in?

</wild guess>

[Ste]

https://www.bikechatforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=30652

[Sadie]

I was trying to change my postcode today and kept getting the same message.

I even tried to put the old one back in and it rejected that one as well!
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[hustler]

I tried for a while then gave up
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[TheShaggyDA]

ah well, I'll just keep trying at random times.

And thanks for the oh so useful post, GFK.
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[PikeyNSR]

same happened to me !

I think it must be the server or something?

Pikey
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[JonB]

Obviously the map software has taken a vacation.

It doesn't work for my Postcode either all I wanted to do was change my friggin email address!!!
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[Korn]

I've done a bit of bodging and got the postcode stuff working again. It should be ok now
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[JonB]

Yep, working just fine again.
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[TheShaggyDA]

Indeedy, postcode accepted, profile updated

Ta muchly
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[Keithy]

Having the postcode issue, tried about 15 times without success, what format should it be in?

[bhinso]

Not sure if SPAM.


But I noticed Ste being helpful posting a link way back in 2004 - future Mod material.

[MCN]

[Keithy]

[Ste]

Back then BCF used multimap for processing postcodes and putting them on the map, multimap now says:

"<h2>Our services aren't available right now</h2><p>We're working to restore all services as soon as possible. Please check back soon.</p>0h2duXwAAAABVJ4UMzkw/Rr9BWwbjk5TPTE9OMDRFREdFMDQxMABFZGdl"

Multimap became bing maps so I'm going to say that nobody is working to restore multimap services as microsoft have pulled the plug and it's never coming back.

[bhinso]

[Ste]

I dunno, it illustrates just how old BCF is.

Multimap stopped being a thing in 2007 so it's impressive that the postcode map has continued working for so long.

[Keithy]

[hellkat]

You say that like its a good thing:
I'm still only 37 in my head.

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