[Tagging] housenumber on node and area

John Eldredge john at jfeldredge.com
Fri May 29 12:47:42 UTC 2015


Zip codes, in the USA, are the same way. They are intended for the post 
office's routing, and don't necessarily correspond to administrative 
divisions of the land. A given plot of land may be in one administrative 
division for tax purposes, yet be lumped into a neighboring division for 
mail-delivery purposes.



On May 29, 2015 7:34:20 AM Philip Barnes <phil at trigpoint.me.uk> wrote:

> On Fri, 2015-05-29 at 12:57 +0100, pmailkeey . wrote:
>
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> > For some strange reason, RM chose settlements rather than counties to
> > determine postcodes.
> >
> They chose where the sorting offices were and from that where the lines
> of communication went, that is why Market Bosworth (a long way inside
> Leicestershire) has a Nuneaton, Warwickshire postcode/postal address and
> why Barmouth on the Welsh coast has a Shrewsbury postcode.
>
> Postcodes are a good way to deliver mail, they are pretty rubbish for
> anything else.
>
> Phil (trigpoint)
>
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