[Tagging] Reviewing the use of addr:housename

[Peter Wendorff]

What is the address in your opinion?
- If it is what the post office uses - then in Germany the city name is
not a required part of the address as far as I know as it's included in
the postcode.
- If you refer to what the government requires to be part of an address,
the zip code is not part of the address.
- If you refer to what people use to "address" an establishement, then
the housename in fact is part of the address. For an example look at
most of the German islands at the north sea coast and the places along
the continental coast of the north sea. It's germany, so of course there
are housenumbers, but if you talk to the locals you more often get
references by housename than by housenumber.

regards
Peter

Am 15.06.2014 16:34, schrieb Matthijs Melissen:
> On 14 Jun 2014 18:25, "Andrew Hain" <andrewhainosm at hotmail.co.uk> wrote:
>> The uses of the tag addr:housename in the database[1] does not match
>> documentation[2] well. A high prroportion of uses are accidental
> 
> I also think addr:housename should only be used in countries where the
> housename is part of the address. The only European country where I
> know that is the case is England (maybe Ireland too?). I think the use
> of addr:housename in other European countries is wrong, as the house
> name is not used in addressing.
> 
> -- Matthijs
> 
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