Totally, it's for money reasons :-(
> Le 2014-12-30 à 09:37, Adam Martin <s.adam.mar...@gmail.com> a écrit : > > Hey all, > > I was reading over the previous discussions held here regarding the issue of > obtaining postal codes for use with civic addresses in Canada. I understand > that, unless specific permission is obtained, there is no way to utilize the > information stored in the Canada Post database, even if that information is > manually acquired from the database during a lookup. The use is restricted to > a very limited personal or business application - ie, I want to send a > package and I use the database to get the postal code of the address. > > It initially appears odd that Canada Post would be very restrictive with the > code data. I understand that they maintain consumer names with the address > data, but the OSM project would not be seeking that connective data, just the > bare address to attach to a civic or business address. Looking about their > site, I eventually encountered this little gem ---> > https://www.canadapost.ca/cpo/mc/business/productsservices/mailing/pcdp.jsf > > It would appear that Canada Post sells a data product that is, effectively, > the postal code data attached to a map. It is provided to businesses for the > purposes of datamining, allowing them to hone their mailings or identify > exploitable market areas. The cynic in me figures that this is the real > reason that they won't give OSM the permission to use the data. Not for > protection of the consumer or for privacy, but to make money. Fair enough - > it is technically a business. > > Anyway, it would appear that obtaining the information from Canada Post is, > basically, a dead end. Might I suggest an alternative? Why not a volunteer > effort? I can't look up a code and reproduce it on the map, but I can surely > put my own postal code and those of my previous addresses into the map. That > knowledge has nothing to do with looking it up on their website. I also know > the code for my small hometown in Newfoundland as I lived there for years and > the entire town uses the same code. Perhaps there is a way to gather the > information voluntarily from Canadian citizens and businesses. Basically go > around them? For example, a survey on the Reddit forum for Canada could be > asked or something like that. The more we can get without using the post > office, the better. Business websites are easily some of the best sources - > they offer their mail address without any restriction so that is fair use too. > > Just a thought! > > Adam > _______________________________________________ > Talk-ca mailing list > Talk-ca@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca
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