[Openstreetmap] Re: road names

[Andy Robinson]

Richard Fairhurst wrote: 17 November 2005 11:54
>
>I wonder if there's a freethepostcode connection in here somewhere.
>Postcodes
>are usually defined as "Nine Acres Close, odd numbers from 1 to 31" or
>similar.
>
>Storing such information for Openstreetmap could greatly increase the
>usefulness
>of the freethepostcode dataset, and vice versa.
>
I have a copy of the Midlands 1, 2000 Postal Address Book. Looking at the
Postcode Directory, the data for each street is generally:
Runs of Odd numbers; Runs of even numbers; and then specific named buildings
(with or without a number) which generally seem to have a postcode from the
odd or even runs already listed unless they are large addresses in which
case they have their own.

Our problem is of course that we cannot use the Postcode data that says that
Henly Street in Birmingham has a postcode B11 1J? for odd numbers 7 to 47 as
that would presumably infringe the copyright. We can however fairly easily
establish what the property numbers are for each side from one junction to
the next (or one end of street to the other). That just leaves long streets
which need to be subdivided further in some way. More tricky that as what do
you measure an actual numbered property against other than the gps - very
time consuming and probably not practicable on a wide scale.

Andy Robinson