The only good solution is to create post code polygons. This is stated e.g. on the nominatim FAQ page: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Nominatim/FAQ#postal_codes I don't know hpw we can do this.
Another interesting video regarding nominatim is the presentation of Sarah Hoffmann: Der OpenStreetMap-Geocoder Nominatim at Fossgis http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/misc/openstreetmap/FOSSGIS2013/FOSSGIS13-623-de-nominatim.mp4(in german) regards m On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 7:11 PM, Kurt Roeckx <k...@roeckx.be> wrote: > On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 05:20:07PM +0200, Glenn Plas wrote: > > Vandaag volgende tegengekomen: > > > > > http://nominatim.openstreetmaps.org/reverse.php?format=json&lat=50.9420900&lon=4.7305583&zoom=18&addressdetails=1&email=gl...@byte-consult.be&accept-language=nl,en;q=0.8,fr;q=0.5 > > > > resultaat: > > > > {"place_id":"12246533","licence":"Data \u00a9 OpenStreetMap > > contributors, ODbL 1.0. http:\/\/www.openstreetmap.org > \/copyright","osm_type":"node","osm_id":"1156867059","lat":"50.9424155","lon":"4.7310233","display_name":"Station, > > Stationsstraat, Rotselaar, Leuven, Vlaams-Brabant, Vlaanderen, > > 3012KA, Belgi\u00eb, European > Union","address":{"bus_stop":"Station","road":"Stationsstraat","city":"Rotselaar","county":"Leuven","state":"Vlaanderen","postcode":"3012KA","country":"Belgi\u00eb","country_code":"be","continent":"European > > Union"}} > > > > Daar komt als postcode uit: 3012KA > > Looking at postal codes, it seems most of them are wrong and not > tagged? You probably now get whatever is closest by? > > The only information I can find now is the place= nodes, > which ussually have openGeoDB:postalcode, and sometimes > also postalcode. > > Does it make sense to move that information to relations > instead? I guess they ussually fall together with > administrative boundaries. But I'm not sure about > cities that have multiple postcal codes. > > > Kurt > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-be mailing list > Talk-be@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-be >
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