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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 12/02/2022 14:40, Colin Smale wrote:<br>
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<div class="default-style"> Don't forget there is reasonably broad
agreement that OSM uses *postal addresses* in cases where they
conflict with addresses to locate or identify a premises. When
addressing a letter to Abbots Walk, Royal Mail say you can omit
the main street name if you are pushed for space.</div>
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<p>But ... Most people don't want to send a letter to the place.
They want their parcels/ pizza ... to come to the right place. So
if 4 Melbourne Terrace, Melbourne Grove is different from 4
Melbourne Grove you will end up with a cold pizza. See
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/62223038">https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/62223038</a> and nearby.<br>
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<p>Hope this doesn't come across as shooting the messenger.
Addresses inc postcodes are being used for a purpose they weren't
intended for. I live in house 20A which in some databases is
"Flat A, 20". I get parcels for 20 and they get ours.<br>
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