Re: [Talk-GB] Import UK postcode data?

2019-10-03 Thread ndrw6
On 04/10/2019 00:26, Dave F via Talk-GB wrote: I think you're missing the point. Most contributors believe postcodes on buildings or property nodes, add quality to the OSM's database, but object to the import of codepoint as it's just not accurate enough as stated in this, & numerous other

Re: [Talk-GB] Import UK postcode data?

2019-10-03 Thread Dave F via Talk-GB
I think you're missing the point. Most contributors believe postcodes on buildings or property nodes, add quality to the OSM's database, but object to the import of codepoint as it's just not accurate enough as stated in this, & numerous other threads. There's no point in importing to stand

Re: [Talk-GB] Import UK postcode data?

2019-10-03 Thread ndrw6
On 03/10/2019 09:26, Mark Goodge wrote: - The key (and deliberate) limitation Code-Point Open is that it doesn't distinguish between residential postcodes and postcodes assigned to "large users". This is not ideal but still useful - we know the postcode exists at a given location, we just

Re: [Talk-GB] Rights of way vs. tracks

2019-10-03 Thread Steve Doerr
On 29/09/2019 21:58, Edward Bainton wrote: > running from 511,025.344 298,855.444 Meters to 510,856.672 298,723.814 Meters > > I don't recognise that coordinate system: is it any help for OSM? It's a millimetre-precision version of the Ordnance Survey grid reference. For conversion, see e.g.

Re: [Talk-GB] Import UK postcode data?

2019-10-03 Thread Mark Goodge
On 03/10/2019 01:40, nd...@redhazel.co.uk wrote: - Code-Point Open is a legal and open source of postcode data. In fact it is the _only_ legal source of such data in bulk. All other sources are either derived from CPO or are based on local knowledge. That's not true. The ONS Postcode