Re: [Talk-ca] Orleans entering and finding addresses

Geonames postcode doesn't seem to recognise Canadian post codes or at least the ones I put in which I have entered some time ago. http://www.geonames.org/postalcode-search.html?q=K4A+1M7country=CA However merkley, ontario, ca us found but merkley, orleans, ca is not in OpenStreetMap Nominatim

Re: [Talk-ca] Orleans entering and finding addresses

Just to add complexity K1E3P6,ca has now returned the correct location on the map. Looking in JOSM the postcode on that address is entered K1E3P6 and not as K1E 3P6. Thoughts? Thanks Cheerio John On 25 March 2010 09:26, john whelan jwhelan0...@gmail.com wrote: Geonames postcode doesn't seem

[Talk-ca] Orleans

To the east of Ottawa exists the district of Orleans. All roads are actually within the city of Ottawa. Orleans has never existed as a municipal entity, only for Canada Post, essentially it is a collection of postcodes. The correct Postal address for streets and roads is Orleans. Should the

Re: [Talk-ca] Orleans

Hi, I'd use address:city=Orleans on the node or area of the building But only If thats what local people write as their address. The actual 6 character code is what is known. -same thing as 'Etobicoke' where the people who live there dont write 'Toronto'. imo, Sam On 3/24/10, john whelan