[Talk-GB] Postcode finder based on OSM data

[Matt Williams]

On 17 March 2011 16:25, Ed Avis <eda at waniasset.com> wrote:
> Matt Williams <lists at ...> writes:
>
>>I'm not sure that adding the postcoded street itself to my database
>>would work since the base unit I work with is the 'house' or 'delivery
>>point' whereas the street is simply part of the address.
>
> That's absolutely right but it might still be useful to provide a postcode-to-
> street lookup if only this lower-resolution data is there.  Adding postcodes at
> the street level might be a useful halfway step between no postcode data and the
> exhaustive tagging of every building.

Agreed. I'll see how it fits into my database model.

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Matt Williams
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