2009/7/4 Jack Stringer <[email protected]>: >> No need for relations. >> Just tag each address with addr:postcode or postal_code and all is sorted. > > Tag it with addr:postcode as that seems to be the system for now. > > >> And in case you haven't seen it: >> http://dev.openstreetmap.org/~random/postcodes/?layers=000FBT0F >> >> this is taken from those two tags as applied to nodes or ways. > > Seen it, and you can see there are errors in the map due to mistyped > names or incorrect cords. We need to bring both the postcodes under > one name then to a mass edit/check to see which are in incorrect > areas. i.e. there is a EC in the Exeter area (EX). >
Well, we need to fix the errors... whether there's one tag or two isn't really an issue here in any way. > >> This really doesn't work. Postcodes are applied to addresses, not >> streets. Just tag the address if you know it. >> It's still quite useful to tag streets with the known prefix though -- >> I've done that a lot in London where the SW15 part is printed on most >> street signs. > > I agree that postcodes are to the house not the the road. If you > relate a house to a road it does allow for a navigation device to see > where it needs to take you to get to the house. For now though I think > having nodes for a building and putting in the addr info is the best > way. This means that if in the future someone wants to do the houses > to the schema suggested they can get all the information from the > nodes, and then delete the extra data then. I know it making more work > in the very long run but atm the idea of spending 2 weeks putting all > the houses in correctly could put people off from entering the data. > > I think I someone needs to draw up a proposal to convert the postcode > tag to the addr:postcode as duplication causes confusion for now. > postal_code was around for donkey's years before anybody really even thought of addressing data. It's not doing any harm. Just leave it be. Dave _______________________________________________ Talk-GB mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
