[Talk-GB] Import UK postcode data?
Chris Hill
osm at raggedred.net
Wed Oct 2 13:20:10 UTC 2019
I would not like to see that happen. OSM maps real objects, postcodes
are not real and only apply as a part of an object's address. They apply
to buildings (delivery points on buildings really). The postcodes in
Codepoint Open are centroids derived from a combination of all the
delivery points that share the postcode so are not at all real-world
objects.
If you want to apply postcodes to addresses you can see the map overlay
I have produced which you can use in editors as an overlay:
https://codepoint.raggedred.net/ I will update it again shortly. You can
also derive postcodes from other open data sources such as FHRS data.
--
cheers
Chris Hill (chillly)
On 02/10/2019 13:43, Russ Phillips via Talk-GB wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm wondering if it would be feasible and advisable to import the UK
> postcode data from OS OpenData Codepoint
> <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Ordnance_Survey_OpenData#Code-Point_Open>.
>
> The licence is OSM compatible. My thinking was that we could create a
> node for each data point and set the addr:postcode tag. This would be
> useful for routing software like OsmAnd, since it would allow a user
> to enter a postcode as a destination.
>
> I'm happy to do the work, but the import guidelines
> <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Import/Guidelines> say that
> imports should be discussed on the imports@ list and the appropriate
> local communities, hence this email.
>
> Russ Phillips
>
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-gb/attachments/20191002/bf153b28/attachment.html>
More information about the Talk-GB
mailing list