[Talk-gb-westmidlands] [Talk-GB] UK Postcodes - Potential data source

[Andy Robinson]

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Big Fat Frog [mailto:bigfatfrog67 at gmail.com]
> Sent: 31 August 2012 10:11
> To: talk-gb-westmidlands at openstreetmap.org
> Subject: Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] [Talk-GB] UK Postcodes - Potential
data
> source
> 
> Have I missed something?  What datasource are you referring to here?
> 
> Jonathan
> 
> On 31/08/2012 09:44, Andy Robinson wrote:
> > In the meantime I'm just downloading the files and filtering in
> > spreadsheet for my patch (Sutton Coldfield) and then checking/adding
> > postcode data for the handful of addresses it contains for each month.
> > Though this only really works if you have the majority of your
> > building addressing done for an area.
> >
> > As I'm now adding some postcode data from this source I've added the
> > required attribution to
> > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Contributors#United_Kingdom
> >
> > Incidentally, what do folks feel about adding any of the other data
> > from the dataset?:
> >
> > .the full address of the property (Primary addressable object name
> > (PAON), Secondary addressable object name (SAON), street, postcode,
> > locality (if available), town, district, county)
> >
> > .the price paid for the property
> >
> > .the date of transfer
> >
> > .the property type (Detached, Semi, Terraced, Flat/Maisonette)
> >
> > .whether the property is new build or not
> >
> > .whether the property is freehold or leasehold.
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > Andy
> >
> > *From:*Brian Prangle [mailto:bprangle at gmail.com]
> > *Sent:* 31 August 2012 08:27
> > *To:* Rob Nickerson; talk-gb-westmidlands
> > *Subject:* Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] [Talk-GB] UK Postcodes -
> > Potential data source
> >
> > I'd agree with Rob's logic and extend it to show one of three results:
> > postcode missing or postcode incomplete or postcode incorrect. We have
> > loads of addresses with only the first group in place e.g B27 and I'm
> > sure when we were using codepoint( before we knew it was dodgy in
> > licensing terms) we chose the wrong break point in address runs.  We
> > currently have 61272 addresses in the W Mids and 44164 have postcodes.
> >
> > regards
> >
> > Brian
> >
> > On 30 August 2012 18:35, Rob Nickerson <rob.j.nickerson at gmail.com
> > <mailto:rob.j.nickerson at gmail.com>> wrote:
> >
> >
> > == Matt wrote ==
> >
> > This does indeed seem like a very useful data source. Great find!
> >
> >
> >
> > However, I'm struggling to think of a nice way of visualising it to
> >
> > make it useful. What I've got so far in my mind is:
> >
> >   - Take an entry from the list
> >
> >   - Take its postcode
> >
> >   - Search for the postcode (I've got a curated list of postcodes as
> >
> > part of my PostCodeFinder [1])
> >
> >   - Get the location of the nearest match (hopefully, we'll find at
> >
> > least a CV4-type segment match)
> >
> >   - Search for roads within an x mile radius with a matching name
> >
> >   - Associate that entry with that road
> >
> > == End Message ==
> >
> > Hi Matt,
> > I was actually thinking the other way round. That is:
> >
> > Pull in a list of building with addresses but no postcode in OSM (with
their
> way IDs) and see if any match up with the Land Registry addresses. This
way
> we can add postcode to buildings rather than just to the roads.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Not sure if this is any easier/harder to do.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Rob
> >
> >
> >
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