I didn't even know there was an OsmAnd forum ;) I'll go look for it, thanks.
Russ Get BlueMail for Android On 2 Oct 2019, 16:47, at 16:47, Nick Allen <nick.allen...@gmail.com> wrote: >Hi Russ, > >Somewhere in tbe Osmand forum you should find a link for a postcode >player >you can download & use. I think it was Harry, one of the main people >answering queries who produced it. > >Regards > >Nick >my phone is responsible for any spelling mistakes! > >On Wed, 2 Oct 2019, 17:12 Russ Phillips via Talk-GB, < >talk-gb@openstreetmap.org> wrote: > >> OsmAnd is what made me think of it. I'm using that for directions a >lot >> now, and it's common these days to give a postcode to plug into a sat >nav, >> but they frequently don't work in OsmAnd. >> >> I was somewhat surprised that it hadn't already been done, and I >accept >> all the reasons for not doing it. >> >> I'll look into alternatives. >> >> Russ >> >> >> On 02/10/2019 15:52, SK53 wrote: >> >> I really see no point. The data are already present in Nominatim >(albeit >> perhaps not up-to-date) and search is the ONLY thing that so-called >> postcode centroids can help with. DE24 (Sinfin) was imported long >ago, see >> this overpass query <http://overpass-turbo.eu/s/MNZ>. >> >> What can be done is attempt to assign postcodes to streets, and >various >> incomplete efforts have been made over the years. Open Data provides >full >> addresses for around 70% of UK postcodes (principally Companies >House, Food >> Hygiene & National Register of Social Housing). >> >> What would be useful is a maintained set of postcode information >based on >> codepoint open/ONS postcode data/OS Local. The sorts of things which >it >> would be useful to know are: >> >> - Is the postcode centroid co-located with others (e.g., delivery >> offices, some businesses, blocks of flats) >> - Can the postcode be unambiguously assigned to a street & post >town? >> - Is the post code in use or not (ONS is now obviously 8 years >old, >> but still potentially useful). Greg's FHRS tracker does appear to >indicate >> a degree of churn with inner-city postcodes (although some of this >will be >> inadvertent use of more general rather than specific postcodes by >people >> filling in the FHRS forms) >> - Is a postcode the sole postcode for that street? >> >> Somewhere I have an old CPO table with some of this data populated. I >> think Geolytix had summary info associated with their post code >sector >> shape files as well. >> >> Adding addr:postcode to streets which have a single postcode is in my >book >> fine: numerous LAs put this on street signs (Rushcliffe & Gedling for >> sure); it's an intermediate step to adding the addresses to houses >Once >> the postcodes which obviously belong to a single street are >eliminated it's >> often easier to work out where the others belong. >> >> Note that other than for FHRS we have no good source for Northern >Ireland >> postcodes at all. Equally assignment of rural postcodes is quite a >bit >> harder than urban ones. In re-reading bits of Chris's blog last night >I >> came across a post of his >> <https://chris-osm.blogspot.com/2017/03/have-you-moved.html> showing >that >> some postcodes move huge distances between releases. >> >> Jerry >> >> PS. The Sinfin postcodes possibly should be removed as they were >added >> IIRC before Mike Collinson's discussions with OSGB about OS Open >Data. >> >> On Wed, 2 Oct 2019 at 13:44, Russ Phillips via Talk-GB < >> talk-gb@openstreetmap.org> wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I'm wondering if it would be feasible and advisable to import the UK >>> postcode data from OS OpenData Codepoint >>> ><https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Ordnance_Survey_OpenData#Code-Point_Open> >>> . >>> >>> The licence is OSM compatible. My thinking was that we could create >a >>> node for each data point and set the addr:postcode tag. This would >be >>> useful for routing software like OsmAnd, since it would allow a user >to >>> enter a postcode as a destination. >>> >>> I'm happy to do the work, but the import guidelines >>> <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Import/Guidelines> say that >imports >>> should be discussed on the imports@ list and the appropriate local >>> communities, hence this email. >>> >>> Russ Phillips >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Talk-GB mailing list >>> Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org >>> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Talk-GB mailing list >> Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb >>
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