[OSM-talk] Nominatim & US places

[David Murn]

On Sat, 2011-01-01 at 23:34 -0500, Anthony wrote:

> This only gives one of the possibly many acceptable city names for a
> zip code (e.g. for 12205 it gives ROESSLEVILLE).  A zip can have more
> than one acceptable city name.  See
> http://zip4.usps.com/zip4/citytown_zip.jsp
> 
> For geocoding, you probably want to accept any of the alternative names.

To make things more complicated, in Australia, postcode or suburb
boundaries can run along a street.  This means for example that a houses
in a street may be in several suburbs.  The postcode boundaries have
been imported, however if a street exists on one side of the boundary or
the other (rather than directly along it) then it will only show up in
the suburb it is mapped in?

David