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Use a UK postcode and cannot find it in map #2020

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PungoIssue opened this issue Oct 20, 2020 · 6 comments
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Use a UK postcode and cannot find it in map #2020

PungoIssue opened this issue Oct 20, 2020 · 6 comments

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@PungoIssue
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I have used DN38 6BN and no resulst are given. Using Google produces the correct result.
Google results with a postcode
Nominatim result for a postcode search

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mtmail commented Oct 20, 2020

Royalmail doesn't know the postcode either https://www.royalmail.com/find-a-postcode so I would argue it doesn't exist. I can't find it in old historical lists either.

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mtmail commented Oct 20, 2020

Google Maps is displaying the center of DN38 postcode district. We track the feature to shorten the postcode in #1011

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lonvia commented Oct 22, 2020

Closing as duplicate.

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PungoIssue commented Oct 22, 2020

Hi there, I tried the royal mail search and enter the full postcode DN38 6BN and the address is found.

royal mail does find the address

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Royalmail doesn't know the postcode either https://www.royalmail.com/find-a-postcode so I would argue it doesn't exist. I can't find it in old historical lists either.

I am able to find the address when royalmail, I enter the full postcode. See attached screenshot.
royal mail does find the address

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lonvia commented Oct 22, 2020

It's still a data issue, not a bug in Nominatim. Nominatim finds what is in OpenStreetMap. If the postcode is not mapped there, Nominatim can't show it.

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