[mkgmap-dev] postcodes

Sat Nov 14 05:23:49 GMT 2015

Hi,

On Sat, Nov 14, Gerd Petermann wrote:

> Hi Mike,
> 
> I fear I don't yet understand the problem. 
> You have a road without a housenumber element
> next to it and you want to find it with  the address search
> using the zip code ?

I understand him that he has a city name and street name, but no
house numbers. So he wants to create the map in a way, that you 
don't need to enter a house number for address search.

Mike, as far as I know that's not possible, but you can enter a 
random house number in this case.

  Thorsten

> 
> Gerd
> 
> ________________________________________
> Von: mkgmap-dev-bounces at lists.mkgmap.org.uk <mkgmap-dev-bounces at lists.mkgmap.org.uk> im Auftrag von Mike Baggaley <mike at tvage.co.uk>
> Gesendet: Freitag, 13. November 2015 21:37
> An: 'Development list for mkgmap'
> Betreff: Re: [mkgmap-dev] postcodes
> 
> Hi Gerd, thanks for the reply. I have tried with the default style and it
> does work, but as far as I can see, only for buildings with house numbers.
> The buildings and places I am trying to find have names but not numbers. Is
> there a way to get it to work without needing house numbers, which are
> rarely present in OSM? I'm happy to just locate the street without a
> specific building if I have a node with addr:street and addr:postcode.
> 
> Cheers,
> Mike
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gerd Petermann [mailto:GPetermann_muenchen at hotmail.com]
> Sent: 09 November 2015 21:17
> To: Development list for mkgmap <mkgmap-dev at lists.mkgmap.org.uk>
> Subject: Re: [mkgmap-dev] postcodes
> 
> Hi Mike,
> 
> AFAIR the search for zip codes in Basecamp should work .
> if you use your own style I'd suggest to try the default style.
> If that doesn't work as well, and you think that the OSM is correct, please
> post a link to your input file and I'll try to reproduce the problem.
> If the problem is in your style, follow the hints at the bottom of this
> link:
> http://www.mkgmap.org.uk/news/2015/06/08/house-number-improvements
> 
> Gerd
> ________________________________________
> Von: mkgmap-dev-bounces at lists.mkgmap.org.uk
> <mkgmap-dev-bounces at lists.mkgmap.org.uk> im Auftrag von Mike Baggaley
> <mike at tvage.co.uk>
> Gesendet: Montag, 9. November 2015 22:01
> An: mkgmap-dev at lists.mkgmap.org.uk
> Betreff: [mkgmap-dev] postcodes
> 
> Hi all, I currently have a list of postcodes added to my map, and can see
> them in the Postal Code field of the Find Addresses option in basecamp, but
> they are not linked to any roads/houses, so any address searches with
> postcodes do not find anything. Can anyone please explain what I need to do
> to get postcodes working properly? There is a brief mention of
> mkgmap:postcode in the help, but it doesn't explain how to use it, and
> anyway, I only have the centre points of the postcodes rather than their
> enclosing areas.
> 
> Thanks,
> Mike
> 
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