[josm-dev] Czech house numbers

[Shaun McDonald]

How about ref for reference then?

On 11 May 2009, at 20:03, Radomir Cernoch wrote:

> Hi,
>
> the problem is more subtle. Imagine a Czech house:
> 	addr:street=Lidická
> 	addr:housenumber=1
> 	addr:alternatenumber=300
> then the "official" way of writing the address is
> 	Lidická 300/1
> which is exactly what we have on our ID cards. The 'alternatenumber'  
> is
> really considered a part of the address and I guess it would be the  
> same
> in other countries having the same system.
>
> Unfortunately 'name' can't be used for this purpose, because numbered
> houses can also be named.
>
> Regards,
> Radek Černoch
>
> Russ Nelson píše v Po 11. 05. 2009 v 14:42 -0400:
>> Radomir Cernoch writes:
>>> The second system, which we currently store in  
>>> 'alternatenumber' ("číslo
>>> popisné") defines a unique number of a house within a village/town  
>>> or
>>> suburb.
>>
>> Sounds more like a house name, in that the numbers have zero
>> relationship to the location of the house.  Thus, I venture to  
>> suggest
>> that it doesn't belong in the addr: subset of names.  If numbered
>> houses never also have names, maybe you should just use "name=" ?
>
>
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