[talk-au] OSM Search results return strange stuff for Victoria.

[Jonathon Rossi]

Search is powered by Nominatim:
https://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/ui/details.html?osmtype=W&osmid=625658428&class=highway

It returns:
Computed Postcode 3192

This page describes the process for computed postcodes, basically the
center point of all elements with a postcode. There is an Overpass query
here you can run to see those elements:
https://github.com/mtmail/Nominatim/blob/master/docs/develop/Postcodes.md

All the elements with a postcode of 3190 are grouped tightly together, so
3192 is closer.

On Tue, Jan 19, 2021 at 8:54 PM Ewen Hill <ewen.hill at gmail.com> wrote:

> This is a weird one...
> Do a search for 3 Remington Drive, Highett e.g...
>
>
> https://www.openstreetmap.org/search?query=3%20Remington%20Drive%2C%20Highett#map=19/-37.95363/145.04802&layers=N
>
> It returns the correct street but the incorrect postcode.of 3192 ..
>
> Does anyone know how 3192 is injected into the returned address please?
>
> Ewen
>
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Jono
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