<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Aug 8, 2014 at 8:58 AM, Nathan Mixter <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:nmixter@gmail.com" target="_blank">nmixter@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> Is there any way we can start using the addr:unit tag for buildings? This was approved several years ago but it still doesn't render yet. If both the addr:housenumber and addr:unit tags are used, the housenumber tag is still dominant. This looks really weird having several of the same housenumbers on one building. If the unit tags is there it should override the housenumber tag. Some people try to get around this restriction by placing the main housenumber inside the building shape and then using an additional housenumber tag as a node for each of the individual units in the building. Does anybody know if this issue has been addressed on the carto page.</blockquote>
</div><br>My sense is that we should only render house numbers and unit at the highest zoom level. Looking at OpenStreetMap standard rendering, house numbers clutter up the display. Maybe once we have vector tiles and are able to click on buildings to get features, the need for house numbers and unit numbers lessens. Ideally, if a POI contains an address, an icon representing the type of POI and its name would be displayed. The remaining details should be hidden until someone clicks on the icon. </div>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">I've also seen a number of addresses with the unit number included with addr:housenumber such as "3713 B" which does display. But in this case it isn't a unit as described in the wiki, but a separate building. </div>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Clifford<br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr"><div>@osm_seattle<br></div><div><a href="http://osm_seattle.snowandsnow.us" target="_blank">osm_seattle.snowandsnow.us</a></div>
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