You should try giving those arguments to the organizations that are stopping us from using the data, not to us :)
-- Nicolás 2016-08-18 17:01 GMT-03:00 John F. Eldredge <j...@jfeldredge.com>: > I know I am replying to a two-month-old message, but the idea of > restrictions on entering postal codes is baffling. At least in the USA, the > Post Office encourages the use of postal codes (called Zip codes) on mail, > to expedite the delivery of mail, and used to publish large reference books > listing the postal codes for every address in a particular area. Nowadays, > they have a web site where you can enter an address, and look up the postal > code for that address. What would be the purpose of postal codes that > aren't told to the general public? Or, is it that the postal code > boundaries are restricted, but the postal code for a given address is not > restricted? > > > On 06/21/2016 05:14 AM, Frederik Ramm wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> On 06/21/2016 11:07 AM, Richard Fairhurst wrote: >>> >>> Perish the thought that people might add their local knowledge to OSM. I >>> thought it was all imports, armchairing and tagwanking these days. >> >> Only Canadians are allowed to enter their own post codes. The other >> countries haven't had their lawsuits resolved yet. >> >> Bye >> Frederik >> > > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > talk@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
