[Talk-GB] UPRN to postcode lookup

[Simon Poole]

Am 30.07.2021 um 20:22 schrieb Tom Crocker:
> I also wanted to thank Rob for the overlay, which is really useful. I 
> wondered if there's a reason you've used WMTS, or more specifically if 
> it is/can be made compatible with osmand and Vespucci. I can't get it 
> in those.

Depending on what WMTS server Rob has used, it may be possible to get an 
OSM/google tiles compatible URL from it (WMTS is overall fairly niche 
and a full implementation of it quite some work that would have to be 
sponsored for it to be considered).

The good news is that for exactly the same reasons as JOSM the next 
larger release of Vespucci has MVT support (including minimal Mapbox Gl 
styling). The beta is still a couple of weeks away because I need to do 
some unrelated work on supporting the transition to Android 11, but if 
you want to give it a spin I can make a test build available.

Simon

>
> I didn't know about Chris Hill's layer. It had me wondering if we have 
> a list of UK relevant tile servers and if it could be linked or 
> available from the UK page on the wiki, like the third party data 
> stuff? I'm primarily thinking tiles that help with editing but I guess 
> it could include other UK specific 'maps'.
>
> On Wed, 28 Jul 2021, 09:58 Chris Hill, <osm at raggedred.net 
> <mailto:osm at raggedred.net>> wrote:
>
>     I do follow this list. Thank you for your support.
>     ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>     Chris Hill
>     User chillly
>
>     On 27 July 2021 15:47:07 BST, Adrian via Talk-GB
>     <talk-gb at openstreetmap.org <mailto:talk-gb at openstreetmap.org>> wrote:
>
>         @ Rob
>
>         That's great! Thank you. (NSUL postcode overlay.)
>
>         I appreciate that the font size is a compromise between
>         collisions and readability. But I am finding some of the
>         postcodes difficult to read, especially when they are not
>         overlaid on a plain background. I am wondering whether a
>         slightly larger font size might work better.
>
>         I am hoping that Chris Hill follows this list and that he will
>         continue his overlay of postcode centroids. This overlay has
>         fewer collisions because it contains fewer points, and it can
>         be useful in cases where the NSUL overlay has a collision.
>
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