[OSM-newbies] How do I enter a Canadian address so its search-able?

[john whelan]

addr:country takes a two letter country code, the UK is GB Canada is CA.  If
I enter en3 6rg,gb I get the same search result as EN3 6RG,GB so it appears
the search is not case sensitive.

The UK has the same format for the postcode as Canada yet the search works
with a space in the UK postcode but not in the Canadian one.  Whom should I
take this up with?  Who is responsible for postcode formats?

Thanks John

On 26 March 2010 06:08, Claudius <claudius.h at gmx.de> wrote:

> Am 25.03.2010 19:33, john whelan:
> > If I go to the map and do a search some addresses I've entered do not
> > seem to be search-able.
> >
> > For example Canadian postcodes are "ANA NAN" one I've entered when
> > looked in JOSM is "ANANAN" "K1E3P6", a search of K1E3P6,ca does seem to
> > bring up the correct location sometimes.
>
> Current database of the Nominatim search is from March 2nd (See top
> center here: http://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/
>
> I guess you are referring to
> http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/node/597832654 though which is an
> older entry. When I search in Nominatim for "K1E3P6, Canada" I get a
> result and it looks like the correct location for me. Keep in mind that
> "ca" is not a country name.
>
> Claudius
>
>
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