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On 02/12/2022 9:50 PM Andrew Black <andrew@black1.org.uk> wrote:
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On 12/02/2022 14:40, Colin Smale wrote:
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<a href="https://www.mail-archive.com/talk-gb@openstreetmap.org/msg20202.html" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://www.mail-archive.com/talk-gb@openstreetmap.org/msg20202.html</a>
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Don't forget there is reasonably broad agreement that OSM uses *postal addresses* in cases where they conflict with addresses to locate or identify a premises. When addressing a letter to Abbots Walk, Royal Mail say you can omit the main street name if you are pushed for space.
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<p>But ... Most people don't want to send a letter to the place. They want their parcels/ pizza ... to come to the right place. So if 4 Melbourne Terrace, Melbourne Grove is different from 4 Melbourne Grove you will end up with a cold pizza. See <a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/62223038" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/62223038</a> and nearby.</p>
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Absolutely right. Hence the rule-of-thumb that you could/should omit "Melbourne Grove" if you only have room for one "street" in your database or on your label.
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<p>Hope this doesn't come across as shooting the messenger. Addresses inc postcodes are being used for a purpose they weren't intended for. I live in house 20A which in some databases is "Flat A, 20". I get parcels for 20 and they get ours.</p>
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Well, these days most uses (apart from Royal Mail) will go through lat/lon. You give the Pizza place your address, and it gets looked up and translated to coordinates. Then the router will plot a route to those coordinates, and the sat nav will reverse-engineer that route into turn instructions. If the lookup (probably using the PAF) doesn't return an exact match, people might start making assumptions...
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Have you checked what RM thinks your official postal address is? If post using that address is misdelivered, you should complain. Are the letterboxes clearly marked?
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