[Talk-GB] Postcode finder based on OSM data

[Derick Rethans]

On Thu, 17 Mar 2011, Andy Mabbett wrote:

> On 16 March 2011 19:51, Matt Williams <lists at milliams.com> wrote:
> 
> > For the last week I've been working on a sort of 'replacement' for the
> > Royal Mail's postcode/address finder
> 
> That's great; and I trust that my constructive feedback won't be taken
> as dissing your achievment...

Same here, I like this!

> You return nothing for "B1 1BB" (Birmingham Council House), which is
> tagged "addr:postcode=B1 1BB"

I found something else odd too:

http://milliams.dev.openstreetmap.org/postcodefinder/search/?postcode=NW6

returns:

# NW6 7JN   http://milliams.dev.openstreetmap.org/postcodefinder/NW6%207JN/
# nw6 7ny   http://milliams.dev.openstreetmap.org/postcodefinder/search/?postcode=NW6

http://milliams.dev.openstreetmap.org/postcodefinder/NW6%207JN/
works

http://milliams.dev.openstreetmap.org/postcodefinder/NW6%207NY/ (can't find)
and
http://milliams.dev.openstreetmap.org/postcodefinder/nw6%207ny/ (404)
do not work

> For a common address, such as "2 High Street", you return multiple
> results, with no obvious distinguishing feature. Please include the
> "addr:city" value in the results (if present); and allow searches to
> be limited by that tag.

Actually, "city" wouldn't always work. There are f.e. 3 "Victoria Road"s 
in London.


cheers,
Derick

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