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

[john whelan]

I've submitted a bug report as suggested.

Many Thanks

Cheerio John

On 26 March 2010 09:19, Richard Weait <richard at weait.com> wrote:

> On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 9:04 AM, john whelan <jwhelan0112 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > 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?
>
> I suppose the right answer is to file a bug on trac.  This is the
> newbies list, so let's talk about how to do that.
>
> Trac is the bugtracking system used for many parts of OSM and is found
> at http://trac.openstreetmap.org
>
> You need to log in to use trac, with your API credentials.  That is,
> with the email address and password you use when editing.
>
> The best practice when submitting a bug report is:
>
> Confirm that you have a bug.
> Update all the appropriate software and plugins.  (Don't file bugs
> against old versions)
> Look for similar and identical bugs. Add your info to those if it is
> likely the same bug and you can add info to help.  "View Tickets" is
> helpful here.
> If new, write a good bug report. 1) what you did, 2) what you
> expected, 3) what you observed instead, 4) how to duplicate it, 5)
> list versions and setup (is this only a problem on IE6 on Win2K?)
> Help fix the bug if you can.
>
> Looking on trac I see two similar bugs.  You might add your examples
> as additional tests.
>
> http://trac.openstreetmap.org/ticket/2497
> http://trac.openstreetmap.org/ticket/2638
>
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