On 01/12/2008 13:45, Dave Stubbs wrote: > 2008/12/1 David Earl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> On 01/12/2008 12:40, Shaun McDonald wrote: >>> Does the namefinder use any postcodes that have been added to node or >>> ways in the osm data? >> No: see my earlier reply to someone else who asked exactly the same >> question. >> > > > I'm guessing what's confusing people is where you're getting the > postcode data from. > > So just quickly, that's: > > - full post code search: Google search on postcode looking for > address -> Namefinder search on address
Correct. And there's three potential pitfalls there: (a) the postcode simply isn't listed, (b) it is listed but the address with it is wrong or misleading, (c) I am unable to parse the accompanying address or perhaps worse I parse it wrongly. > - prefix search, or post code used as area limiter: > http://trac.openstreetmap.org/browser/sites/namefinder/postcodeprefix.sql > > The only question remaining being, where does that SQL file come from? > NPE maps, free the postcode etc I presume? Correct (though I added the names of the post towns by web searching where I didn't know them anyway). David _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
