[Talk-GB] code-point_open accuracy

[Ken Kilfedder]

A good source for eatery postcodes is the FHRS database.  When I use it, I add "source:addr:postcode=FHRS Opendata" and an fhrs:id=* tag.

There is a handy tool here https://gregrs.dev.openstreetmap.org/fhodot/ to match FHRS database entries with OSM objects.  https://gregrs.dev.openstreetmap.org/fhodot/

And there's an FHRS plugin for JOSM too ( https://github.com/kmpoppe/fhrsPlugin ) which can find FHRS data given partial addresses.

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On Mon, 16 Jan 2023, at 11:45 AM, Dave F via Talk-GB 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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