[Talk-GB] Wildly inaccurate postcode

Andy Mabbett andy at pigsonthewing.org.uk
Thu Jan 25 15:24:28 UTC 2018


Aston is B6.

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Andy Mabbett
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http://pigsonthewing.org.uk

On 25 Jan 2018 12:48, "Stuart Reynolds" <stuart at travelinesoutheast.org.uk>
wrote:

> Hi.
>
> If you search for B68 8RH on OSM (https://www.openstreetmap.
> org/search?query=B68%208RH#map=18/52.48861/-2.00776), you get two
> options. The first is from NPEMap/FreeThePostcode where the result returned
> is “B68 8**”. This is located at Six Ways on the A34 in the centre of
> Birmingham. The other option is from Nominatim, and places the full
> postcode on Edward Street in Langley Green, rather a long way to the west.
>
> Now I know that B68 8** is a merger of all the B68 8** postcodes, but I
> don’t believe that those are so widely spaced as to have a nominal centre
> in the centre of Birmingham with outliers as far away as Langley Green.
>
> Who do we need to speak to at FreeThePostcode to get it fixed? Does anyone
> have any contacts?
>
> Thanks
> Stuart
>
>
>
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