On 04/10/2019 20:28, Frederik Ramm wrote:
Hi,
On 10/4/19 20:51, Mark Goodge wrote:
The reality is that people expect postcodes to be a functional
search term on online mapping, at least in the UK,
You *are* ware that UK post codes are fully findable on the OSM
website and any site that
On 04/10/2019 15:41, Richard Fairhurst wrote:
Twopenn'orth and not particularly a reply to any single message:
1. I'm not against them being in the OSM database, mostly for the reason
that it's unrealistic to expect every single app to do additional processing
for all 195 countries in the
On 04/10/2019 01:52, nd...@redhazel.co.uk wrote:
Besides, the main reason for importing these data is that we can get
_all_ postcodes in the database. This gives users confidence that when
they search for a postcode they will reliably get a result they are
looking for. This is not possible
Hi,
On 10/4/19 20:51, Mark Goodge wrote:
> The reality is that people expect postcodes to be a functional search term on
> online mapping, at least in the UK,
You *are* ware that UK post codes are fully findable on the OSM website
and any site that runs the Nominatim geocoder? It must have been
On 04/10/2019 01:52, nd...@redhazel.co.uk wrote:
This may not be a perfect solution but the information CPO/ONSPD
contains is still extremely useful for geocoding. Search for a postcode
and you are _guaranteed_ to get an address in a close vicinity to a
place you are looking for. How about
Thanks for this Chris,
I've just added about 100 addr:postcodes to some of my manor in no time at all.
It was mostly pretty easy to identify a good match for and existing building.
Then I went back and added a source tag as an afterthought.
Great stuff all round, I''l try to remember to make
Twopenn'orth and not particularly a reply to any single message:
1. I'm not against them being in the OSM database, mostly for the reason
that it's unrealistic to expect every single app to do additional processing
for all 195 countries in the world. Sure, it would be nice if Osmand and
maps.me
Op vr 4 okt. 2019 om 14:07 schreef Russ Garrett :
>
> On Fri, 4 Oct 2019 at 13:59, David Woolley wrote:
> > Although I don't have a primary source for this, my understanding is
> > that the median is snapped to the nearest actual delivery point within
> > the postcode.
>
> I was also under the
On Fri, 4 Oct 2019 at 13:59, David Woolley wrote:
> Although I don't have a primary source for this, my understanding is
> that the median is snapped to the nearest actual delivery point within
> the postcode.
I was also under the impression that they were mathematical centroids
of the postcode
On 04/10/2019 13:47, Dave F via Talk-GB wrote:
No. The centre point is not associated with *any* delivery point. It is
an arbitrary mean, calculated mathematically. it could, in theory, be
located in the middle of a park.
Even postcodes unique to one property/business aren't accurate as their
On 04/10/2019 01:52, nd...@redhazel.co.uk wrote:
On 04/10/2019 00:26, Dave F via Talk-GB wrote:
I think you're missing the point. Most contributors believe postcodes
on buildings or property nodes, add quality to the OSM's database,
but object to the import of codepoint as it's just not
My usual disclaimer that I have no great OSM expertise. Hopefully I can
give a newbie's/recently-a-non-editor's perspective.
This:
> How about not needing to start Google Maps
> when searching for a location on the go?
would be reason enough to bring in postcodes in this way.
Even if they're
4 Oct 2019, 01:26 by talk-gb@openstreetmap.org:
> There's no point in importing to stand alone nodes as deliveries are destined
> for buildings.
>
Importing accurate and complete address
nodes on a suitable licence is certainly
helpful.
Not sure is it applying also to incomplete
set, but based
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