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Hi everybody,<br>
<br>
I have posted the following message to <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:talk@openstreetmap.org">talk@openstreetmap.org</a><br>
<br>
<blockquote><small>I manage to get a list of Cyprus postal codes
from Cyprus Postal Service</small><br>
<small>both in Greek and in English (as separate files).</small><br>
<small>I wrote some python scripts to match the Greek and the
English name of</small><br>
<small>the streets and mapped them on to OSM (some of them).</small><br>
<small>I am in the process of creating a script to upload the
result (only</small><br>
<small>manually confirmed mappings for now approximately 500
roads) and I would</small><br>
<small>like to ask a few questions.</small><br>
<br>
<small>Is anyone responsible for this area that I should first
coordinate with?</small><br>
<small>Is the correct postcode tag for a way "postal_code"?</small><br>
<small>There shouldn't be any copyright issue with the data since
Cyprus Postal</small><br>
<small>Service is a government organization and the data should be
public but</small><br>
<small>just in case I should ask. Does anyone know or has
attempted the same</small><br>
<small>thing in a similar situation?</small><br>
<small>I know i can put name:el and name:en as tags but what the
name tag</small><br>
<small>should be for a way? Greek, English and Turkish are the
official languages.</small><br>
</blockquote>
And got the following answers<br>
<br>
<blockquote><small>Hi,</small><br>
<br>
<small>Your enthusiasm and interest are welcome!</small><br>
<br>
<small>Beware that importing data from other sources is a highly
contentious</small><br>
<small>issue in OpenStreetMap. Please read, understand and follow
all of the</small><br>
<small>steps in the import guidelines and related pages on the
wiki before</small><br>
<small>you continue.</small><br>
<br>
<small><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Import">http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Import</a></small><br>
</blockquote>
And<br>
<br>
<blockquote><small>I don't think postcodes should go on roads.
Either you add them addresses or buildings as
addr:postcode=......</small><br>
<br>
<small>Or you create a boundary (relation):</small><br>
<br>
<small><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/3379414/history#map=13/50.8208/4.3755">http://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/3379414/history#map=13/50.8208/4.3755</a></small><br>
<br>
<small>boundary=postal_code</small><br>
<br>
<small>You should indeed first discuss this on the import list as
well and there they will tell you to discuss it with the local
community... Maybe you can find some contributors in the history
of objects to consult with?</small><br>
</blockquote>
Given that to the best of the observations I have made there is no
easy way to draw bounds, does anyone have any more feedback or
sugestions?<br>
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