[Talk-GB] OSM Postcode Checking

[Warin]

On 06-Mar-17 07:30 AM, Colin Smale wrote:
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> On 2017-03-05 21:16, Robert Whittaker (OSM lists) wrote:
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>> People making mistakes on their websites with their own postcodes is 
>> more common than you might think.
> What does OSM's "on the ground" rule make of this? Do we tag the 
> correct postcode according to an authoritative source, or do we tag 
> the incorrect postcode that the proprietor is using? (cf. 
> spelling/punctuation differences in street names for example)

Try to tag the 'truth'. While mistakes are made (by all), the 'truth' 
should be the goal.

On the post code thing, as it is the Post Offices .. we should try to 
conform with what they would recognise as correct fro that location.
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