[OSM-talk] A post box called Breuningsweiler

[Richard Fairhurst]

Martijn van Oosterhout wrote:

> Hmm, in some parts of the world the church is considered the centre of
> the town (if you didn't have a church you wern't a town). And in
> Australia at least all distances are measured from the central post
> office. Is there anything like that in the UK?

No, not consistently. Sometimes (as in Charlbury) there's a  
crossroads, or a market square, which is clearly the de facto centre  
of the town. Occasionally there is a "formal" centre from where all  
mileages are measured (in London, it's Charing Cross). But there's  
nothing you could write a rule around.

The Post Office rule wouldn't work because the UK Government's closing  
most of them...

cheers
Richard