When we did a comprehensive analysis a few years back 75% of UK postcodes lie
in a single street 'block' so they are on one side of a street between
intersections.
A further 20% are in only two blocks, so they either cover two sides of a
street or span an intersection.
The remaining 5% are
Lester Caine lester@... writes:
and in this case, the street and other
location data can be provided by tags on a street rather than
duplicating that data unnecessarily on every building ...
Surely that’s what associatedStreet relations are for.
--
Andrew
Does Nominatim already supports associatedStreet relations to pick up the
postcode ?
When I tried it 8 months ago, it just used it to find a street segment (the
first one in the relation). It then took the name of that street segment as
the street name for the address.
regards
m.
On Mon, May
On 19/05/14 08:06, Marc Gemis wrote:
and in this case, the street and other
location data can be provided by tags on a street rather than
duplicating that data unnecessarily on every building ...
Surely that’s what associatedStreet relations are for.
Does Nominatim
from http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Nominatim/FAQ
quote
Why doesn't Nominatim process addr:* tags on buildings[edit]
For performance reasons buildings (and other low level features) are not
fully indexed, but are instead simply inherit from their parent street. As
such many addr:* tags
Following on from DanS's query I came across the following wonderful
postcode oddity: http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=17/53.28921/-2.47207
Close inspection of the addresses I've mapped suggests that there are two
No 11s and two 14s on Clover Drive. However, if you examine the data, this 11
On 19/05/14 08:57, Marc Gemis wrote:
from http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Nominatim/FAQ
quote
Why doesn't Nominatim process addr:* tags on buildings[edit]
For performance reasons buildings (and other low level features) are not
fully indexed, but are instead simply inherit from their parent
I personally put postcodes on buildings as in my two most common use cases
(getting something delivered to my house, and using my GPS to get
somewhere) I have become accustomed to being asked for a house number after
supplying a postcode.
I guess that tagging the street works (although you may
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