GoogleMap using postal code in Singapore
It's a mistake!
I thought I could do googlemapping just based on postal code. Well, it does can do google mapping based on postal code but not yet on Singapore!.
Reason? I think simply singapore postal code is not made publicly available by singpost. If you want it, you need to get it from Singpost and pay for the subscription fee.
A quick enquiry I made, the price for the subscription is:
Monthly update - $1,019.05 (per annum)
Quarterly update - $509.52 (per annum)
Half-yearly update - $305.71 (per annum)
One-time update - $203.81
That's just the data and if you want their "Address Manager" software, it costs you another $132.48.
For me, just a hobyst developer, forking out the amount Its quite hefty amount. Why can't Singpost provide free API for anyone to get their postal code data? 
So is there any other alternative?
Found out couple websites that can do mapping by postal code.
- Street Directory Web Based Map API. I think the site already down. Even the site is not down I believe the API will show the map instead of giving you the coresponding address.
- Singapore Geocoder. It seems the one I wanted. However I tried, but the xml seems not to work. Requested the key but until now I have never receive it, tried contacting them - no reply
So any other way to get the address by just using postal code in Singapore?
Ohhh... don't let me take out the money just to get the postal code and fulfill my development thirst
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