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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Cheers Chris, always mightily useful.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Andy<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'> Chris Hill [mailto:osm@raggedred.net] <br><b>Sent:</b> 02 October 2019 15:38<br><b>To:</b> Tony OSM; OSM Talk GB<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Talk-GB] Import UK postcode data?<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></p><p>I've just updated with August 2019 data, the next update is due in November I think. <o:p></o:p></p><pre>-- <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>cheers<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Chris Hill (chillly)<o:p></o:p></pre><div><p class=MsoNormal>On 02/10/2019 15:24, Tony OSM wrote: <o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p>Hi<o:p></o:p></p><p>Didn't know about your JOSM overlay - just added and it looks great.<o:p></o:p></p><p>Tony Shield (TonyS999)<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On 02/10/2019 14:20, Chris Hill wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p>I would not like to see that happen. OSM maps real objects, postcodes are not real and only apply as a part of an object's address. They apply to buildings (delivery points on buildings really). The postcodes in Codepoint Open are centroids derived from a combination of all the delivery points that share the postcode so are not at all real-world objects.<o:p></o:p></p><p>If you want to apply postcodes to addresses you can see the map overlay I have produced which you can use in editors as an overlay: <a href="https://codepoint.raggedred.net/">https://codepoint.raggedred.net/</a> I will update it again shortly. You can also derive postcodes from other open data sources such as FHRS data. <o:p></o:p></p><pre>-- <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>cheers<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Chris Hill (chillly)<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><div><p class=MsoNormal>On 02/10/2019 13:43, Russ Phillips via Talk-GB wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p>Hi,<o:p></o:p></p><p>I'm wondering if it would be feasible and advisable to import the UK postcode data from <a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Ordnance_Survey_OpenData#Code-Point_Open">OS OpenData Codepoint</a>.<o:p></o:p></p><p>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.<o:p></o:p></p><p>I'm happy to do the work, but the <a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Import/Guidelines">import guidelines</a> say that imports should be discussed on the imports@ list and the appropriate local communities, hence this email.<o:p></o:p></p><p>Russ Phillips<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></blockquote></blockquote><pre>-- <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>cheers<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Chris Hill (chillly)<o:p></o:p></pre></div></body></html>