2009/7/3 Steve Hill <st...@nexusuk.org>: > On Fri, 3 Jul 2009, Jack Stringer wrote: > >> Going by that theory how do you post code 2 farms that are 1mile appart >> but >> have the same postcode and are on different roads? > > Tag both roads with the same postcode?
I think this is where stuff is always guaranteed to get interesting. > Good luck with that - *every* time I have suggested trying to migrate > existing data from depricated tags to their replacements (either by > scripting or manually), I've been shot down in flames. Why would they do that? I notice on tagwatch there are several versions of the postcode tag and this just leads to misleading information they should be merged to cut down on the extra tags in the database. That in turn would make it easier for programmers of apps that use the database. >> I could take you around a local town that has some >> very interesting ways to number houses. > > House numbers are not at issue here - clearly they must belong to the > building itself. The point I was raising was that your address tags > contained a lot of data that was shared amoungst many buildings. I can see the point on not replicating data. I was only suggesting it because if we put all the address data in for a node then when someone looks at the data they can see that node has all the data it can have. When you pull data out of XAPI for nodes you don't get useful information such as its relations to roads etc. I guess a house (node) should be related to a road, related to a postcode, related to a town and related to GB if that was the case. That sounds more fragmented that just applying the data to a node. Steve I know you are trying to make me rethink my ideas, and tbh you are. Things need to be discussed and people need to make decisions and to clearly tell people how it should be done. Even though the wiki is meant to be a central point for all the information so far I have found out more by looking at what people are posting to the mailing lists. To the average surfer the whole of OSM is just way too complicated. Its ok(ish) once you start to immerse yourself into the world but its still very misleading. About the copyright stuff. I did get a reply and does support my feelings but thinking about it last night the address may not be covered by a copyright but a database of addresses might be. So the likes of Yellow pages is out but I am not sure how it stands for the chains such as Burger King, copyright law is often quite a grey subject. I tried a week ago to e-mail them about having a list of their stores but no reply but that is only because I used the contact form on the website and that is likely going into a cylindrical filing system. I might do a bit more research to see if I can get some contact numbers for them. This was the reply I got. It was free reply so hold it for what it is worth. http://www.copyrightaid.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?p=892#892 Jack Stringer _______________________________________________ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
