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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2014-06-15 16:34, Matthijs Melissen
wrote :<br>
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cite="mid:CAD940Mr6mKzi+7SAA+XQ+o_AGY+O2bfmQnswF7NgNqrGkimQcQ@mail.gmail.com"
type="cite">On 14 Jun 2014 18:25, "Andrew Hain"
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:andrewhainosm@hotmail.co.uk"><andrewhainosm@hotmail.co.uk></a> wrote:
<blockquote type="cite">The uses of the tag addr:housename in the
database[1] does not match
documentation[2] well. A high prroportion of uses are accidental
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I also think addr:housename should only be used in countries where
the
housename is part of the address. The only European country where
I
know that is the case is England (maybe Ireland too?). I think the
use
of addr:housename in other European countries is wrong, as the
house
name is not used in addressing.
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What is the difference between housename= and name= actually?<br>
In Belgium in 1831, there were 2739 houses called "<a
href="http://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/search.php?q=maison+communale">Maison
Communale</a>", a name that you certainly would use on an envelope
(but "Administration ..." is more common). Only 589 since 1975, but
there are many other "<a
href="http://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/search.php?q=maison">maisons</a>",
even simply called "<a
href="http://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/search.php?q=la+maison">La
maison</a>", <a
href="http://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/search.php?q=la+maison+USA">even
in USA</a> (of course) and other words like hotel.<br>
You can even send a letter to Church XXX, sit behind a bush and
watch the postman's doings. But you should complain that most
mappers omit to tag postal addresses of churches although they
exist, here at least, and they are the best way to invite people to
the right church and make conversions ;-) I wrote to the bishop's
service that they forgot to mention church street addresses in their
database ;-)<br>
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May the Lord be with you and with OSM.<br>
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