Hello Yuliya,<br><br>As a mapper I normally use the name tag, and would only think of using the housename tag for those rare (here) british kind of places where a building is identified as "Something House" (for example "Hedley House") instead of using a housenumber. <br>
<br>If the housenumber is present and there is no clear housename ("Something House") I would not use the housename tag.<br><br>Here in Chile, most of the apartment buildings have names, but they all also have housenumbers, and I would always use the housenumber tag since that is the relevant reference for everyone. You always give the address with the housenumber and no one will ever do a search using the building housename. <br>
<br>Cheers,<br><br>Julio Costa<br>OpenStreetMap Chile<br><a href="http://www.openstreetmap.cl/">http://www.openstreetmap.cl/</a><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 8:40 AM, Yuliya Leonova <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:yleonova@cloudmade.com">yleonova@cloudmade.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">Hi guys,<div><br></div><div>For now in Mapzen for tagging building name parameter we use 'addr:housename' tag.</div>
<div>But recently Mapzen team have got several requests to change it to just 'name' tag key.</div>
<div><br></div><div>What would you say - which one is more appropriate to use to mark building name? If we change addr:housename to name tag wouldn't it hurt any of your application?</div><div><br>-- <br>Yuliya Leonova<br>
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