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<p>Time for a more philosophical discussion... What is the function of this thing we call "address"? Is it to identify a premises? Is it to describe a premises? Does it refer to the whole premises, or just the bit with the front door or letter box? Or is it "where to deliver post"?</p>
<p>Here in NL buildings all have unique numbers in a big register, and there is a n..m mapping between addresses and buildings. Only enclosed constructions "where a person can stand" are counted as buildings. An address can include sub-units like "167A" or "23-3" (third floor flat for example). If there are multiple households or organisations sharing the same letter box, they have the same address. So you can say the address is a logical concept, not a physical one. So no problems with having multiple nodes with the same address if they represent different organisations.</p>
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<p>//colin</p>
<p>On 2017-10-27 03:31, Andrew Davidson wrote:</p>
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<div class="pre" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; font-family: monospace"><br /> <br /> <span style="white-space: nowrap;">On 27/10/17 11:20, Tom Pfeifer wrote:</span>
<blockquote type="cite" style="padding: 0 0.4em; border-left: #1010ff 2px solid; margin: 0">The OSM rule is clear - "One feature, one OSM element". Thus 3 offices, 3 nodes.</blockquote>
<br /> <span style="white-space: nowrap;">So 1 address 1 node (or 1 polygon if you know the spatial extent)?</span><br /> <br /> _______________________________________________<br /> <span style="white-space: nowrap;">Tagging mailing list</span><br /> <span style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="mailto:Tagging@openstreetmap.org">Tagging@openstreetmap.org</a></span><br /> <span style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging</a></span></div>
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