[OSM-talk] Why do postcode searches zoom to level 12?

[Christopher Schmidt]

On Thu, Dec 06, 2007 at 01:06:44PM +0000, Tom Chance wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Is there a good reason why postcode searches load up a map at zoom level 12?
> 
> Most of the time you search for a postcode to see exactly where it is, so you 
> can get to a house / office / etc. I would have thought that 15 or 16 would 
> be a much more sensible default -- close enough to actually see most street 
> names, far enough out to get an idea of where those streets are.
> 
> On an unrelated note, markers disappear at zoom level 16, which isn't very 
> useful! Try zooming in one level from this:
> http://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlon=-0.156508&mlat=51.382090&lat=51.38&lon=-0.1544&zoom=15


I went to fix this, and found that it's already fixed in SVN, and
just needs to be deployed to the site. 

Regards,
-- 
Christopher Schmidt
MetaCarta