I see what you are saying WM but until we get enough nodes with postcodes we can not see the area covered by it.
If I was to record the postcode for each house in my village I would be able to draw up a correct map but how to interpret this data is the hard bit because for a gps device it would be nice to drive right to the front door of the house. In the village where I live houses that share the same postcode are spread out and are named not numbered so my resoning for using nodes is valid in this context. Btw I did get a response from a copyright lawyer but he agreed but not to a level where I am happy continuing atm. Will dig a bit more for now. Jack Stringer On Jul 3, 2009 10:14 AM, "WessexMario" <wessexmario-...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: >> By putting the Postcode in we are supply OSM with the postcode to be >> able to give that street... Postcodes are organised in hierarchical areas, so should really be mapped with enclosed areas, like administrative boundaries, rather than on nodes or ways. eg: SN contains SN1, SN2, SN3 SN1 contains SN13, SN14, SN15 SN13 contains SN13_1AB, SN13_2PQ A lowest level postcode (SN13_2PQ) is not unique for a node, as multiple dwellings will have the same postcode, so this leads to having multiple tags for what is essentially a single data item, a postcoded area of land. Marking postcodes on a way could be problematic, as there can be different postcodes on opposite sides of a road. _______________________________________________ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
_______________________________________________ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
