..., Charlie Pearce wrote: <johnr@journeyflow.spamspam.demon.co.uk> wrote: http://dev.openstreetmap.org/~random/postcodes/ Apparently I should have a GU postcode. Which is strange, living in Wakefield. Apparently my parents live on a boat in the Channel. -- David Cantrell | Reality Engineer, ...

... the rogue data. I think the little enclave of RG (which is the Reading postcode) in the middle of Streatham is my favourite bit. http://dev.openstreetmap.org/~random/postcodes/ Apparently I should have a GU postcode. Which is strange, living in Wakefield. Charlie -- Remove NO-SPOO-PLEASE from my email address to reply Please send ...

... taken by the little patch of AL (St Albans) that apparently lies just outside Bishop's Stortford as well as the fact that, unknown to many of its residents, Ware is in the HP (Hemel Hempstead) postcode area, whilst Hertford is in the CM (Chelmsford) one. SV (Stevenage) seems to have been abolished altogether! SG (Stevenage) appears fine. SV never existed, I expect. -- Abi

Acrosticus (acrosticus@aol.com) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying : SV (Stevenage) seems to have been abolished altogether! Ah, but that's a little more understandable, since SV is either a very new or a very long-discontinued postcode. Was it anywhere near SG (Stevenage)...?

.... I think the little enclave of RG (which is the Reading postcode) in the middle of Streatham is my favourite bit. http://dev.openstreetmap.org/~random/postcodes/ I'm rather taken by the little patch of AL (St Albans)... to many of its residents, Ware is in the HP (Hemel Hempstead) postcode area, whilst Hertford is in the CM (Chelmsford) one. SV (...

.... I think the little enclave of RG (which is the Reading postcode) in the middle of Streatham is my favourite bit. http://dev.openstreetmap.org/~random/postcodes/ I'm rather taken by the little patch of AL (St Albans)... to many of its residents, Ware is in the HP (Hemel Hempstead) postcode area, whilst Hertford is in the CM (Chelmsford) one. SV (Stevenage...

... that each new datum has on that map before they approve it for permanent inclusion in... be immediately apparent is that the main postcode database source is trying to be PD, ... is therefore based around people locating their postcode on out-of- copyright Ordnance Survey maps. Which are therefore 50 years old. ... of things on one of their copyrighted maps and make a table of their coordinates,...

... is! The particularly odd bits of data most likely derive from random people misunderstanding how to enter postcode data. The postcode stuff isn't a core part of OSM, and is going to be far harder to ... points as erroneous? Also, the data entrants should be shown the effect that each new datum has on that map before they approve it for permanent inclusion in the database.

... what can be done with the data - and also to visualise how good the data is! The particularly odd bits of data most likely derive from random people misunderstanding how to enter postcode data. The postcode stuff isn't a core part of OSM, and is going to be far harder to survey independently than streets themselves, which we're doing reasonably well at in some places. ...

... I think the little enclave of RG (which is the Reading postcode) in the middle of Streatham is my favourite bit. http://dev.openstreetmap.org/~random/postcodes/ That's the big floaty one which is still visible when you... wildly wrong all over the place, but I think the individual postcodes when you zoom in are more accurate. Not in my part ...