[Talk-GB] OSM UK meeting: Call for workshops

Hi all, As noted we are keen to include some workshops at the next OSM UK meeting (the AGM in May/June in Manchester). It will most likely be a Saturday. If you can host a meeting (or can persuade someone else to) please complete the form below: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1fGJ_9sneOFp3jbcpo

Re: [Talk-GB] Wildly inaccurate postcode

Looking at the OSM website results from Free the Postcode are returned entirely separately from Nominatim. I therefore think it is a separate search engine called by the website. Furthermore I could not find any strings related to Free the Postcode on Nominatim github. AFAIK Nominatim does search C

Re: [Talk-GB] Wildly inaccurate postcode

By which I mean Six Ways, Aston, on the A34. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk On 25 Jan 2018 16:24, "Andy Mabbett" wrote: > Aston is B6. > > -- > Andy Mabbett > @pigsonthewing > http://pigsonthewing.org.uk > > On 25 Jan 2018 12:48, "Stuart Reynolds" > wrote: > >> Hi.

Re: [Talk-GB] Wildly inaccurate postcode

I would try https://github.com/openstreetmap/Nominatim Or contact lonvia directly Recently she wrote a diary entry on upcoming changes in the handling of postal codes: https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/lonvia/diary/43143 regards m. On Thu, Jan 25, 2018 at 3:17 PM, SK53 wrote: > File an issue

Re: [Talk-GB] Wildly inaccurate postcode

Aston is B6. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk On 25 Jan 2018 12:48, "Stuart Reynolds" wrote: > Hi. > > If you search for B68 8RH on OSM (https://www.openstreetmap. > org/search?query=B68%208RH#map=18/52.48861/-2.00776), you get two > options. The first is from NPEMap/

Re: [Talk-GB] Wildly inaccurate postcode

File an issue on github for (I suspect) the OSM website: https://github.com/openstreetmap/openstreetmap-website On 25 January 2018 at 14:05, Stuart Reynolds < stu...@travelinesoutheast.org.uk> wrote: > …and who does that? I didn’t ask for a search on NPEMap/FreeThePostcode, > and it isn’t somethi

Re: [Talk-GB] Wildly inaccurate postcode

On 25/01/2018 14:05, Stuart Reynolds wrote: …and who does that? I didn’t ask for a search on NPEMap/FreeThePostcode, and it isn’t something that is stored as a physical node on the map that I can edit out. It is simply a service that sits behind the search box on openstreetmap.org

Re: [Talk-GB] Wildly inaccurate postcode

…and who does that? I didn’t ask for a search on NPEMap/FreeThePostcode, and it isn’t something that is stored as a physical node on the map that I can edit out. It is simply a service that sits behind the search box on openstreetmap.org, so far as I can tell. Regards,

Re: [Talk-GB] Wildly inaccurate postcode

On 25/01/2018 11:48, Stuart Reynolds wrote: Who do we need to speak to at FreeThePostcode to get it fixed? Does anyone have any contacts? FreeThePostcode is obsolete, and has been ever since postcode data was released under the OGL by OS and ONS. It will, therefore, never be updated or fix

[Talk-GB] Reminder: AGM planning 8pm tonight

Hi all, A reminder to join us at 8pm tonight (Thur 25th) if you'd like to help with AGM and workshop planning. Link: https://plus.google.com/hangouts/_/calendar/cm9iLmoubmlja2Vyc29uQGdtYWlsLmNvbQ.13bjeqjgukif5r209jacsf8uan?authuser=0 Speak soon, Rob __

[Talk-GB] Langley Green, Birmingham assistance please

Another email, sorry. I could do with some help, please. Edward Street in Langley Green (https://www.openstreetmap.org/query?lat=52.48875&lon=-2.00963#map=19/52.48880/-2.00909) and the houses around it have all been beautifully mapped, about 5 years ago. However, the footpaths, specifically the

[Talk-GB] Wildly inaccurate postcode

Hi. If you search for B68 8RH on OSM (https://www.openstreetmap.org/search?query=B68%208RH#map=18/52.48861/-2.00776), you get two options. The first is from NPEMap/FreeThePostcode where the result returned is “B68 8**”. This is located at Six Ways on the A34 in the centre of Birmingham. The ot