<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>Hi Mateusz,</div><div><br></div><div>>Note addr:full</div><div><br></div><div>While this is a short term fix, I don't really like it, since any geocoding engine would need components of an address and not the full string. This is especially important in India, when the addressing system is completely missing, and even humans have trouble breaking down the address into its individual components.</div><div><br></div><div>>But is "Shital Bus Stop (Nearest Landmark)" really part of an address? rather than hint?</div><div><br></div><div>Given what I know about Addresses, specially in Tier-2 and Tier-3 cities and towns, I would say that landmarks are an integral part of Addresses. </div><div>We don't have the system of numbers along a road, and even roads for that matter may not have a name, or a unique name.</div><div><br></div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><font color="#999999" size="2">Regards,</font><div><font size="2" color="#444444">Devdatta</font></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, 16 Sept 2022 at 18:08, Mateusz Konieczny via Talk-in <<a href="mailto:talk-in@openstreetmap.org">talk-in@openstreetmap.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<div>Note addr:full listed at that page.<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I am not from India disclaimer.<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">But is "Shital Bus Stop (Nearest Landmark)" really part of an address?<br></div><div dir="auto">rather than hint?<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">For me it is common to include hint like this while giving location, say<br></div><div dir="auto">"leave main road after house with a blue roof" but that<br></div><div dir="auto">would not be a part of actual address.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Sep 16, 2022, 09:19 by <a href="mailto:devdatta@tengshe.in" target="_blank">devdatta@tengshe.in</a>:<br></div><blockquote style="border-left:1px solid rgb(147,163,184);padding-left:10px;margin-left:5px"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>I'm looking into entering the address information for commercial shops in OSM, along with their locations.<br></div><div><br></div><div>I have looked at the OSM wiki page: <a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:addr:*" target="_blank">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:addr:*</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>But this looks to be US centric, and does not appear to match how we write addresses in India.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Take a typical address such as: 1B/2, Vikram Building CHS Ltd LBS Road Near Shital Bus Stop, Bali Bajar, Kurla W Mumbai 400070, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400072<br></div><div><br></div><div>Based on the recommendations, I see that I can tag the following:<br></div><div><br></div><div>addr:housenumber=1B/2<br></div><div>addr:street=LBS Road<br></div><div>addr:city=Mumbai<br></div><div>addr:postcode=400070<br></div><div>addr:country=IN<br></div><div><br></div><div>Where do I add the following:<br></div><div>Vikram Building CHS Ltd (Name of the Building)<br></div><div>Shital Bus Stop (Nearest Landmark)<br></div><div>Bali Bajar (Sub Locality in Indian parlance)<br></div><div>Kurla W (Locality in Indian parlance)<br></div><div><br></div><div>Based on my experience with Indian addresses in my day job, I know that it is next to impossible to search for locations without Locality, Sub locality & Name of Buildings.<br></div><div><br></div><div>I know that this has been briefly discussed here: <a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/India#Addressing" target="_blank">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/India#Addressing</a>.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Should we have an India Specific addressing scheme, similar to what we have done for Highways: <a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/India/Tags/Highway" target="_blank">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/India/Tags/Highway</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>I'll be willing to volunteer to write up a proposal for this.<br></div><div><br></div><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="color:rgb(153,153,153)">Regards,</span></span><br></div><div><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="color:rgb(68,68,68)">Devdatta</span></span><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div dir="auto"><br></div> </div>
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