[Geocoding] Broken admin boundary handling / Building centroid vs. street point

[Sarah Hoffmann]

Hi,

On Wed, May 27, 2015 at 11:43:17AM +0200, Florian Lohoff wrote:
> i was trying to geocode those 2 Adresses and failed:
> 
> 	53347 Alfter (Witterschlick), Witterschlicker Allee 4
> 		http://www.openstreetmap.org/way/89681300
> 	53347 Alfter (Witterschlick), Witterschlicker Allee 6
> 		http://www.openstreetmap.org/way/89678475		
> 
> They will be found as 53347 Bonn, Witterschlicker Allee. The problem
> here seems to be that the building is actually in Alfter whereas the
> street belongs to Bonn.
> 
> It seems not the building centroids position relative to the admin
> boundary is relevant but the contact point on the street.
> 
> Is that correct?

Yes, that is correct. The address is computed entirely from
the street.

Well, actually there is an exception for the postcode, which
is taken from the addr:postcode if there is one. Something
similar will happen with the other addr:* tags at some point
in the not so immediate future.

Sarah