> On the other hand, sticking the full post code on a road is wrong, because it implies that everything on that road has that post code, which is not necessarily true, even for short roads, if there is a big user.
But on roads where that *is* true, which granted might not be many, I have done so (and I suspect others have). Also, in terms of address density a short urban road is equivalent to a long rural one. My postcode maps to a road 1.5 miles long, allocated to properties on both sides :) For every rule... Regards, *Paul* On 29 January 2018 at 11:58, David Woolley <for...@david-woolley.me.uk> wrote: > On 29/01/18 11:36, Robert Whittaker (OSM lists) wrote: > >> My understanding is that addr:postcode should be used only as part of >> an address. So if you want to put a postcode on a street (or part of a >> > > As I understand it, postal_code, in a UK context is for the outbound code, > only, and is most useful in certain cities, where street name have the > outbound code appended, on the name sign. > > On the other hand, sticking the full post code on a road is wrong, because > it implies that everything on that road has that post code, which is not > necessarily true, even for short roads, if there is a big user. > > For bigger roads, odd and even numbers may have different codes, and you > cannot normally split the road at the right place without doing a house to > house survey of the codes. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-GB mailing list > Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb >
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