[Talk-GB] GB postcodes

[Colin Spiller]

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Postcodes are GREAT for routing. It's far quicker to type the postcode 
as destination than a long address. If it takes me to the correct street 
I can usually find the building by myself, if I haven't entered the 
house number. Postcodes every time.

Colin

On 25/03/15 21:22, Pmailkeey . wrote:
>
>
> On 25 March 2015 at 18:25, Dan S <danstowell+osm at gmail.com 
> <mailto:danstowell+osm at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     2015-03-25 18:20 GMT+00:00 Pmailkeey . <pmailkeey at googlemail.com
>     <mailto:pmailkeey at googlemail.com>>:
>     >
>     >
>     > On 25 March 2015 at 17:55, Steve Doerr <doerr.stephen at gmail.com
>     <mailto:doerr.stephen at gmail.com>> wrote:
>     >>
>     >> Surely the Royal Mail copyright precludes us from using these
>     datasets?
>     >>
>     >> Steve
>     >>
>     >> On 25/03/2015 17:43, Mick Orridge wrote:
>     >>>
>     >>> On the subject of postcodes, I have generated approximate
>     regions from
>     >>> the ONS postcode data for postcode areas, districts and
>     sectors which can be
>     >>> downloaded as shp files here:-
>     >>
>     >
>     > What do we want them for anyway? OSM seems to collect junk. Post
>     box ref
>     > numbers and collection times are prime examples.
>
>     That's a bit rude.
>
>     Postcodes are very valuable for routing - people outside OSM use them
>     very heavily for that. Postcodes are not even a minority concern.
>
>     Dan
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> What use are post box ref numbers ? Who is really bothered about 
> collection times ? The nearest post box is useful info.
>
> I can't imagine anyone using postcodes for routing. Postcodes, I guess 
> are only of use to Royal Mail for the purpose of organising delivery 
> rounds and abbreviating locations inaccurately.
>
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