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Plate Number Lookup

Simple UI to lookup details on Western Australian license plates.

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There are multiple sources for WA plate data, and this project aims to consolidate them into a single source, with a simple UI to search them.

Main Sources

Data Format

There are several types of plate, from the most generic only giving us a rough year, to the more specific that can tell us the exact shire or council area.

types

these all contain a code whcih can be either a prefix or a suffix, but with nothing before it.

  • special things like WPC and TAXI

  • org_charity like Cat Haven, Perth Zoo etc

  • town_shire

  • road_district

Data Sources

https://warego.au/#district

  • inconsistent (does not list "K"-Karratha, despite it being in the header section...)

https://www.transport.wa.gov.au/licensing/district-series-plates.asp

https://leewardpro.com/articles/licplatefonts/licplate-fonts-aust.html

http://www.worldlicenseplates.com/world/AU_WAXX.html

https://web.archive.org/web/20120313005521/http://www.regionalwa.com.au/WAinfo/TT_CountryCars.htm

www.plateshack.com/y2k/We stern_Australia/westernaustralia.html

http://www.plate-planet.com/bodypages/au-aust-wasshigr.html

Attributions

Font

Licenz is free to download but you may not redistribute it or use it for commercial purposes without aquiring a commercial license.

Licenz was made for car enthusiasts to be able to make stick-on license plates. Please get in contact if you have any suggestions or questions.

http://www.sparkytype.com

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Department of Transport, Western Australia https://www.transport.wa.gov.au/licensing/district-series-plates.asp https://www.transport.wa.gov.au/images-content/LBU_I_landing_thumbnail_District_seriesLge.jpg