[Talk-GB] code-point_open accuracy

[Jez Nicholson]

I would welcome some more documentation on
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Postal_codes_in_the_United_Kingdom on
what is, and isn't, acceptable practice.

I added DaveF's point about 'special' postcodes.

I discovered https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:postal_code whilst I
was there too. It appears to be assigning codes to stretches of road.....is
this an outdated artifact, or something that people do and is useful?


On Mon, Jan 16, 2023 at 11:50 AM Dave F via Talk-GB <
talk-gb at openstreetmap.org> wrote:

> Hi
>
> Unsure if this was national policy but in my area certain organisations
> such as banks, medical centres & hotels were given unique post codes,
> presumably due to the high volume of correspondence they'd receive. Even
> though many of the properties have change businesses over the years
> (especially banks becoming eateries) they still retain their individual
> codes.
>
> If using the very undetailed code-point_open please don't assume that a
> restaurant in a large building with unusually high ceilings has the same
> code as it's neighbours. Local, on the round knowledge usurps the database.
>
> Cheers
> DaveF
>
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