Re: [Talk-us] exit_to vs destination

2014-06-26 Thread Philip Barnes
On Wed, 2014-06-25 at 16:04 -0700, stevea wrote: > Martin van Exel writes: > >Following the examples on the wiki, I think it should be fine to tag > >destination=Holt Rd on the motorway_link in this case: > >http://www.aaroads.com/midwest/indiana070/i-070_eb_exit_077_04.jpg - > >for example. Or am

Re: [Talk-us] Nominatim in CDP

2014-06-26 Thread John F. Eldredge
Postal code usually means Zip code, or its non-USA equivalent, not city. On June 25, 2014 7:20:55 AM CDT, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: > 2014-06-25 12:37 GMT+02:00 Minh Nguyen : > > > "Postal cities" aren't currently tagged as areas, only tag values on > > individual POIs and buildings. > > >

Re: [Talk-us] Nominatim in CDP

2014-06-26 Thread John F. Eldredge
Postal code usually means Zip code, or its non-USA equivalent, not city. On June 25, 2014 7:20:55 AM CDT, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: > 2014-06-25 12:37 GMT+02:00 Minh Nguyen : > > > "Postal cities" aren't currently tagged as areas, only tag values on > > individual POIs and buildings. > > >

Re: [Talk-us] Nominatim in CDP

2014-06-26 Thread Richard Welty
On 6/26/14 3:20 PM, John F. Eldredge wrote: > Postal code usually means Zip code, or its non-USA equivalent, not city. this is one of those fussy points in US geocoding. the zip code can be mapped to the postal "city", which is what is in everyone's addresses, and is what i think most us residents

Re: [Talk-us] Nominatim in CDP

2014-06-26 Thread Elliott Plack
ZIP code / government addressing data expert here :) * ZCTA = ZIP Code Tabulation Area. ZCTAs are established by the *US Census Bureau not the US Postal Service.* ZCTAs have been established to tabulate population statistics around an area people may identify as a city, because there isn't an inc

Re: [Talk-us] Nominatim in CDP

2014-06-26 Thread John F. Eldredge
Yes, but one "postal city" commonly contains multiple "postal codes", so storing the postal city in the postal code tag represents a loss of detail. On J,une 26, 2014 2:33:12 PM CDT, Richard Welty wrote: > On 6/26/14 3:20 PM, John F. Eldredge wrote: > > Postal code usually means Zip code, or it

Re: [Talk-us] Nominatim in CDP

2014-06-26 Thread Richard Welty
On 6/26/14 3:54 PM, Elliott Plack wrote: > ZIP code / government addressing data expert here :) > > and i don't disagree with you here, but my thinking about how to go forward may be very different. more details will be forthcoming. richard -- rwe...@averillpark.net Averill Park Networking - GI