I'm pretty sure I heard from somewhere that the "post code" associated with the post box is actually a post code assosiated with the collection office, and that a house next to it can have a totally different post code.
JR 2009/9/17 Chris Hill <o...@raggedred.net> > Ciarán Mooney wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Also I've spoken to Draco in the past, and his website does not sync > > with OSM. He has tried to get help with a mass import but the > > discussion was rat-holed due to supposed problem deriving data from > > Royal Mails postbox list. > > > > > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/legal-talk/2009-July/002560.html > > > > I plan on emailing whoever responded to the original FOI request at > > Royal Mail and see if we can get explicit permission to use the data. > > > > Ciarán > The original list contains a post code which Royal Mail might well be > touchy about given the WikiLeak of their postcode DB. The location > information is far too vague to position a box without a visit and > sometimes a treasure hunt at which point the reference can usually be > gathered (if the box hasn't been vandalised) but we can only get the > post code from the Royal Mail, so good luck. > > Cheers, Chris > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-GB mailing list > Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb >
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