2008/12/2 David Earl [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Population census data, as we discussed last week, also has the same
restriction.
This bit I find particularly annoying and frustrating!
To have so much information from the census gathered and maintained by
public funds, but unable to make use
name?) to expire. Now, is
that 50 or 60 years? I forget. Correction: I don't care.
elvin ibbotson
From: David Earl [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 1 December 2008 10:52:23 GMT
To: talk@openstreetmap.org
Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] Postcode searches in Namefinder
UK postcodes as well as being distinctive
On 02/12/2008 09:07, elvin ibbotson wrote:
Well, you learn something new every day! I never knew post codes were
subject to copyright. OSM has taught me it is naughty to trace off an OS
map or even read the name of a road from one. Now I'm worried about
sending letters! Should I add an
David Earl:
I've implemented some changes to the experimental UK postcode searches
in the Namefinder.
(...)
1. you can now search for UK postcode prefixes, e.g. CB21. These are
just OSM nodes.
Which OSM-tag are you querying there? postcode=x? Do you respect
addr:postcode according to the
On 01/12/2008 10:11, Claudius Henrichs wrote:
David Earl:
I've implemented some changes to the experimental UK postcode searches
in the Namefinder.
(...)
1. you can now search for UK postcode prefixes, e.g. CB21. These are
just OSM nodes.
Which OSM-tag are you querying there?
One more thing: UK postcodes have spaces in them: searching for OX13ld
won't work as it won't recognize it as a UK postcode. You need
OX1 3LD.
However that particular example doesn't work anyway because the
address it tries to find is not helpful. It thinks the word
Scientist is a street name
On 01/12/2008 12:40, Shaun McDonald wrote:
Does the namefinder use any postcodes that have been added to node or
ways in the osm data?
No: see my earlier reply to someone else who asked exactly the same
question.
David
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2008/12/1 David Earl [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
On 01/12/2008 12:40, Shaun McDonald wrote:
Does the namefinder use any postcodes that have been added to node or
ways in the osm data?
No: see my earlier reply to someone else who asked exactly the same
question.
I'm guessing what's confusing people
On 01/12/2008 13:45, Dave Stubbs wrote:
2008/12/1 David Earl [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
On 01/12/2008 12:40, Shaun McDonald wrote:
Does the namefinder use any postcodes that have been added to node or
ways in the osm data?
No: see my earlier reply to someone else who asked exactly the same
question.
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