When I use addr:street I put the entire street's name in the field.<div><br></div><div>Breaking apart that street name into pieces is the job of other tags, I would imagine.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 8:31 PM, Steven Johnson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:sejohnson8@gmail.com">sejohnson8@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">When you use addr:street you normally add the street type (e.g. road, street, land, drive, etc.) in the same field. You may also put cardinals in there, too.<div class="im">
<br><br clear="all">-- SEJ<br>-- twitter: @geomantic<br>-- skype: sejohnson8<br>
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<br><br></div><div><div></div><div class="h5"><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 21:26, Ian Dees <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ian.dees@gmail.com" target="_blank">ian.dees@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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I'm a bit confused about how Karlsruhe doesn't apply to the US.<div><br></div><div>When I'm adding addressing information I usually use the following two tags:</div><div><br></div><div>addr:street=*</div><div>
addr:housenumber=*</div>
<div><br></div><div>Those seem to cover the vast majority of addressing use cases in the US. What am I missing?</div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div></div><div>On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 8:17 PM, Steven Johnson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:sejohnson8@gmail.com" target="_blank">sejohnson8@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
</div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div></div><div>Serge,<br>I don't have canned solutions, but I do think there needs to be greater specificity and flexibility in address tagging. The page links to a relatively new national (US) address standard and how we can adopt a lightweight profile of the standard to gain that flexibility and specificity. <br>
<br>HTH,<div><br><br clear="all">-- SEJ<br>-- twitter: @geomantic<br>-- skype: sejohnson8<br><br>"Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen." -- Einstein<br><br>
<br><br></div><div><div></div><div><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 21:08, Serge Wroclawski <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:emacsen@gmail.com" target="_blank">emacsen@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div>On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 9:04 PM, Steven Johnson <<a href="mailto:sejohnson8@gmail.com" target="_blank">sejohnson8@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Hi all,<br>
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> I'd like to announce a broad-based project to improve addresses in OSM. The<br>
> project page is here:<br>
> <a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Address_Improvement" target="_blank">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Address_Improvement</a><br>
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</div>Can you summarize the project?<br>
<br>
All the Wiki page says right now is there's a problem.<br>
<br>
What is your proposed solution?<br>
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