And what about loc8? All these codes are up in the air. On Fri 14 Nov 2014 at 10:21 Rory McCann <[email protected]> wrote:
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hi, > > Yes the Eircode system has flaws and will be closed. But that's the > system we have to deal with. The UK Postcode system was closed for > years as well. Alas "postcode" in Ireland will mean "Eircode". When > Eircode is launched, we can start adding it to OSM in the > addr:postcode tags. Maybe we'll do some sort of "free the postcode" > for eircode. > > As for integrating with OSM, since openpostcode is an algorithm based > on lat/lons, I don't think there is any way to "integrate" them (or is > there?). OSM provides the lat/lons, do whatever with them. > > Please don't add openpostcode codes to OSM as "addr:postcode", that's > inaccurate until people start using openpostcode. > > The openpostcode map uses Google maps though :P > > *Designing* a postcode is hard. openpostcode has flaws as well. > Sometimes 2 houses of a semi-d will have radically different codes, > meaning you can't use "ranges" at all (e.g. KFLRL2LN and JKQXQ6QF ). A > take away nearby cannot say "We deliver to postcodes starting with KF". > > Rory > > On 14/11/14 10:54, Conor McDonagh wrote: > > It's very official; the Eircode system is designed to be > > unintelligible apart from the first part giving the sorting-office > > area. It has been finalised and is to role out in 2015. It's most > > likely defined to meet the needs of An Post, Revenue and similar > > authorities. > > > > An advantage of a more intelligible, geographic coding is that you > > can easily identify and recall the code for an area. You can > > specify a location to a desired degree of accuracy, e.g. 10km, 1km, > > 100m, 10m. > > > > The particular advantages of the openpostcode system as I see it > > are: that it has no proprietary aspect; the resolution depends on > > the length of code, from 1 to 8 chars (93, 19, 3.7km, 750, 160, 30, > > 6, 1.2m); the codes are reasonably short; it describes a geographic > > box so any location can be given. The key thing to my mind is that > > your average person should be able to remember and use a code with > > ease to find places. Remembering a GPS point isn't easy. I can just > > about remember that Dublin is around 53N 6W and I couldn't put a > > GPS box around my local area.According to openpostcode, I live in > > an area generally around KFM2, KFM3, KFM7and KFM8. Dublin is pretty > > much within KF, KG, KL and KM. There is a syntax for defining > > ranges, so I live in KFM2::KFM8 and Dublin is in KF::M. Another > > useful outcome is that geographical analysis can be applied where > > people are regularly using codes. For e.g. if sales ads specify a > > small area for a person's location, then the data can be usefully > > analysed to give statistical maps. > > > > On Wednesday, 12 November 2014, 12:35:42, Conor McDonagh > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > Any interest in the openpostcode system? Have any OSM people > > looked at it with view to integrating or using it? > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ Talk-ie mailing > > list [email protected] > > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ie > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1 > > iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJUZdeQAAoJEOrWdmeZivv2I8gIAKZufgB+P9ZbCA1sAFV9+ROg > qCLVqYXJdEUvgKK6eIQg0+NHqRubQ9OFL8awKkVQh0vJKDGFcBUl4dSLBjwWRk9C > hbZG+AEYHB3N6df5RDuUxHLkZNh/a7+p05GviileayXxo531Y3l9AnT53JPBlWLP > el95ghmnW0jkixfsOnCgxg5CUcXUUqJ8hzrg0Zdf8IB9PNUCSl012f7/FI0AgimC > 4O6rzRzDTyZFjHF90d5GmBJ8BEC6DmyITgCoSH637x3ygT/pb6UmTyVlPXBgA3i5 > vmvBRzYZHLgSmsgmWe3gdtiKd3gKZdEnQ3ZL4oQ+zRziRcS3mYm09ino00SScpE= > =dKMc > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-ie mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ie > _______________________________________________ Talk-ie mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ie
