[Talk-GB] Postcode finder based on OSM data

[Andy Mabbett]

On 17 March 2011 12:49, Derick Rethans <osm at derickrethans.nl> wrote:
> On Thu, 17 Mar 2011, Andy Mabbett wrote:


>> 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.

For some value of "work". It might not guarantee a unique result, but
it would reduce the number of results to 3 from an unmanageable
national total of possibly hundreds.


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Andy Mabbett
@pigsonthewing
http://pigsonthewing.org.uk