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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 6/2/22 00:23, Stéphane Guillou via
Talk-au wrote:<br>
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<p>I used to use addr:housename heavily to tag any building name,
especially houses and apartment blocks, but I tend to just use
the "name" key now when tagging residential buildings, maybe
just because it's more readily available in the presets...<br>
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<p>I like the idea of "addr:housename" being specifically about
the <i>building</i> itself though. Others think that it should
be used <i>only </i>if it is commonly used in the postal
address of the place. As you can see, it has been debated for
more than a decade:
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href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Talk:Key:addr#addr:housename_vs._name"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Talk:Key:addr#addr:housename_vs._name</a></p>
<p>I do think that they could be both used on the same feature
sometimes: some buildings have a specific, historical name
(which might be engraved in stone, or shown on a small plaque)
but are known as something different because of what they
currently house (a business, a museum...). The latter would be
the more obvious name, often with a bigger, more recent sign on
the facade or at the top, and I would therefore tag it with the
"name" key, which gets prioritised by most renderers.<br>
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<p>I actually enjoy mapping that kind of information a lot, I find
it culturally very interesting and always wonder where the name
came from. And whenever I see a name that is not in OSM, I get a
bit excited. I had some fun with making a map of building names
in the Kurilpa peninsula a while ago:
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href="https://web.library.uq.edu.au/files/125535/Water_themed_building_names.pdf"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://web.library.uq.edu.au/files/125535/Water_themed_building_names.pdf</a></p>
<p>For that map, when I processed the data, I prioritised
addr:housename values over name values because I was interested
in building names and wanted to remove potential business names.<br>
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<p>And I reckon everyone should name their home if they feel like
it!</p>
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<p>Do town is for you!</p>
<p><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doo_Town">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doo_Town</a></p>
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<p>Unfortunately these are not mapped in OSM, I have put in the
building footprints, but the names are not available .. tastrax
mapillary is pointed forwards so the names don't show up there ..
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