using the postcode-code, I get this error python makeShapeColoured.py -h Traceback (most recent call last): File "makeShapeColoured.py", line 34, in <module> import shapelib.shapelib as shp, shapelib.dbflib as dbf ImportError: No module named shapelib.shapelib
On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 6:30 PM, John Smith<deltafoxtrot...@gmail.com> wrote: > 2009/9/8 maning sambale <emmanuel.samb...@gmail.com>: >> I wanted to create a similar shapefile like this >> (http://old-dev.openstreetmap.org/~random/postcodes/) for my area. >> The first step is to extract postcodes in OSM. >> The problem there several postcode variations in the database >> >> addr:postcode >> postal_code >> is_in:zip >> >> Some are in node (POIs) others in ways (building). Any advise on >> extracting this data as input to makeShapeColoured.py? > > The simple case is boundaries, you might be able to use info from POIs > to create a boundary but I wouldn't use them to generate a map like > that. > > is_in is being replaced with boundaries so you don't need to tag every > single node/way/relation with is_in same with addr:postcode I'm > guessing. > > All the postcode boundaries in Australia have been tagged as > postal_code and were that way before I became involved so I'm not sure > if this is the best tag to use or not but it was already in use and > will keep getting used for consistency reasons. > -- cheers, maning ------------------------------------------------------ "Freedom is still the most radical idea of all" -N.Branden wiki: http://esambale.wikispaces.com/ blog: http://epsg4253.wordpress.com/ ------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk