[Tagging] Reviewing the use of addr:housename

[André Pirard]

On 2014-06-15 16:34, Matthijs Melissen wrote :
> 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.
What is the difference between housename= and name= actually?
In Belgium in 1831, there were 2739 houses called "Maison Communale
<http://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/search.php?q=maison+communale>", a
name that you certainly would use on an envelope (but "Administration
..." is more common). Only 589 since 1975, but there are many other
"maisons <http://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/search.php?q=maison>", even
simply called "La maison
<http://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/search.php?q=la+maison>", even in
USA <http://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/search.php?q=la+maison+USA> (of
course) and other words like hotel.
You can even send a letter to Church XXX, sit behind a bush and watch
the postman's doings. But you should complain that most mappers omit to
tag postal addresses of churches although they exist, here at least, and
they are the best way to invite people to the right church and make
conversions ;-) I wrote to the bishop's service that they forgot to
mention church street addresses in their database ;-)

May the Lord be with you and with OSM.

André.



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