On 25 March 2015 at 22:13, Carles Pina i Estany <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Hi, > > On Mar/25/2015, Pmailkeey . wrote: > > On 25 March 2015 at 18:25, Dan S <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > 2015-03-25 18:20 GMT+00:00 Pmailkeey . <[email protected]>: > > > > Postcodes are very valuable for routing - people outside OSM use them > > > very heavily for that. Postcodes are not even a minority concern. > > [...] > > > I can't imagine anyone using postcodes for routing. Postcodes, I guess > are > > only of use to Royal Mail for the purpose of organising delivery rounds > and > > abbreviating locations inaccurately. > > I do use them, when I usee Google Maps - when I want an approximate > route it's the quickest way to pin down place. > > In the UK (at least in London) a postcode is a very small zone so it's > very useful. In other countries a postcode is too big to be useful. > > Not to mention that there are streets with the same name or almost the > same name so the postcode serves to double check that the street is the > wanted one. > > -- > Carles Pina i Estany > Web: http://pinux.info || Blog: http://pintant.cat > GPG Key 0x8CD5C157 > Not everyone gives the correct post code as well ! -- Mike. @millomweb <https://sites.google.com/site/millomweb/index/introduction> - For all your info on Millom and South Copeland via *the area's premier website - * *currently unavailable due to ongoing harassment of me, my family, property & pets* T&Cs <https://sites.google.com/site/pmailkeey/e-mail>
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