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<p>Oh, can't believe we missed it on our way to Port Arthur!</p>
<p>Next time. Use the National Park south of it as an excuse.</p>
<p>Now that I think of it, I expect the highest densities of named
houses to be along the coast. Back in France, in the beach town
we'd spend some of our summers in, most houses would have a name.
And on Minjerribah, most houses in Mooloomba / Point Lookout would
have a name. Might have to do with if they are available for rent
or not.</p>
<p>Cheers<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: <a
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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: <a
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href="https://web.library.uq.edu.au/files/125535/Water_themed_building_names.pdf"
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<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>
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href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doo_Town"
moz-do-not-send="true">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
.. <br>
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