[Talk-GB] Postcode finder based on OSM data

[Matt Williams]

On 17 March 2011 13:04, Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
<ajrlists at gmail.com> wrote:
> Excellent work Matt.
>
> http://milliams.dev.openstreetmap.org/postcodefinder/search/?postcode=B72

Yup, that's the page I'm most likely to show off to people. Good work.

> If you want to extend, then a custom P2 to enable folks to trace a house and
> tag it with their address data would open up contribution and be really
> cool. Then with a few other bits of data from the OSM database you have the
> makings of a replacement for the National Street Gazetteer and the proposed
> GeoPlace offrering.

That is indeed the direction I was planning on taking this. I'm slowly
making my way there :)

As for P2, I hadn't thought of that but it sounds like a very cool
idea. I'll have to see what it entails. It won't be at the top of list
anyway.

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Matt Williams
http://milliams.com