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

Graeme Fitzpatrick graemefitz1 at gmail.com
Tue Jan 19 22:15:44 UTC 2021


Re-sent to list as well!

Thanks

Graeme


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From: Graeme Fitzpatrick <graemefitz1 at gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2021 at 08:14
Subject: Re: [talk-au] OSM Search results return strange stuff for Victoria.
To: Jonathon Rossi <jono at jonorossi.com>





On Tue, 19 Jan 2021 at 21:41, Jonathon Rossi <jono at jonorossi.com> wrote:

> I've not mapped them before but curious now why we don't seem to have
> imported addr:postcode tags for suburbs, Nominatim uses them
> before centroids.
>
> Surely addr:postcode doesn't have to be unique because it sounds like some
> countries have postcodes based on postal routes or other less
> administrative boundaries.
>

>From recent posts re addresses on the tagging list, the UK even has unique
postcodes for individual buildings, & even for different businesses /
organisations inside the one building!

Thanks

Graeme
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