[Talk-GB] Import UK postcode data?

[Chris Hill]

Thanks,

I've just updated with August 2019 data, the next update is due in 
November I think.

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cheers
Chris Hill (chillly)

On 02/10/2019 15:24, Tony OSM wrote:
>
> Hi
>
> Didn't know about your JOSM overlay - just added and it looks great.
>
> Tony Shield (TonyS999)
>
> On 02/10/2019 14:20, Chris Hill wrote:
>>
>> 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
>>>
>>>
>>
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cheers
Chris Hill (chillly)

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