[Talk-GB] Postcodes map

[Caroline Ford]

On Wed, 2007-03-28 at 19:05 +0100, Dominic Hargreaves wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 28, 2007 at 07:02:42PM +0100, David Earl wrote:
> > > > The data comes from the current list at NPE maps (
> > > http://www.npemap.org/ ).
> > > > I've got it overlaying the mapnik layer from OSM at the moment.
> > 
> > Is there a way of correcting the postcode data?
> > 
> > (a) there are some bizarre codes: e.g. CN and PE both appear prominently
> > butincorrectly over parts of the Cambridge hinterland
> > 
> > (b) nearly all the postcodes in the area surrounding Cambridge (many tens of
> > thousands of them) were changed in September last year in what I believe was
> > one of the biggest ever postcode reorganisations in recent years.
> 
> Individual postcodes: click on the marker on http://www.npemap.org.uk/
> and follow the "problem" link. They get marked as deleted after an admin
> review of these reports.
> 
> Bulk updates: mail webmaster at npemap.org.uk and we'll see what we can do.
> 
> We are aware of the various bulk postcode changes such as the CB ones,
> but we don't think we can reliably update these ourselves at the moment.
> Specific reports are, however, useful.

It's hard to see where the boundaries are as I lose the overlay when I
zoom in to street level. However Southwark looks wrong. SE5 is in 3
non-connecting bits, SE17 in 2 bits, SE21 and SE22 in 2 bits, SE19 in 2
pieces a long way apart etc. We also have an HP (?) here, which we
certainly don't in reality.



Caroline