[Tagging] Post_Box and addr:* nodes

[Matthias Julius]

"Martin Fossdal Guttesen" <mguttesen at hotmail.com> writes:

> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "Matthias Julius" <lists at julius-net.net>
> Sent: Friday, December 18, 2009 3:09 PM
> To: <tagging at openstreetmap.org>
> Subject: Re: [Tagging] Post_Box and addr:* nodes
>
>> Roy Wallace <waldo000000 at gmail.com> writes:
>>
>>> On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 7:17 AM, Martin Fossdal Guttesen
>>> <mguttesen at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> but i dont know if or how i should tag the addres where the box is, 
>>>> every
>>>> post box has an address with an street name and an number
>>>
>>> If the "post box has an address", I'd suggest tagging the post box
>>> with its address. This will mean you might end up with a house and a
>>> post box with the same address, but I don't think this is a big deal.
>>
>> Does the box itself really have an address?  Or is it the address of
>> the building the box is attached to?
>>
>> Having two different object that have the same address is somewhat
>> ugly.
>>
>> Matthias
>>
>
> it is the address of the building that the box is attached/fixet onto or the 
> building that is closest to it

Then I wouldn't tag the box with an address.

Matthias