Re: [Talk-GB] Nominatim and postcodes

2018-01-10 Thread Dan S
Search engine has answers: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Nominatim/FAQ#My_postcode_is_missing.2Fwrong_but_I.27ve_fixed_it_in_the_OSM_data._What_is_wrong.3F https://help.openstreetmap.org/questions/22731/nominatim-returns-no-results-when-searching-with-a-postcode 2018-01-10 14:49

Re: [Talk-GB] Nominatim and postcodes

2018-01-10 Thread SK53
You'd probably get more accurate answers by asking on the Nominatim list. AFAIK it uses Codepoint Open, but I have no idea if this gets refreshed regularly, see https://github.com/openstreetmap/Nominatim/blob/master/data/gb_postcode_table.sql . Jerry On 10 January 2018 at 14:49, Mark Goodge

Re: [Talk-GB] Nominatim and postcodes

2018-01-10 Thread David Woolley
On 10/01/18 14:49, Mark Goodge wrote: I tried searching on OSM for a postcode, which I know exists, but it returned zero entries from Nominatim. Other postcode searches work fine. Can anyone tell me where Nominatim gets its data from for a postcode search, and how often it's updated? I

[Talk-GB] Nominatim and postcodes

2018-01-10 Thread Mark Goodge
I tried searching on OSM for a postcode, which I know exists, but it returned zero entries from Nominatim. Other postcode searches work fine. Can anyone tell me where Nominatim gets its data from for a postcode search, and how often it's updated? Mark