[Tagging] Deprecation of associatedStreet-relations

[Jo]

2015-01-23 21:53 GMT+01:00 moltonel 3x Combo <moltonel at gmail.com>:

> On 22/01/2015, Johan C <osmned at gmail.com> wrote:
> > From an OSM point-of-view, which includes being friendly towards novice
> > users, relations should be avoided whenever possible. And
> associatedStreet
> > relations are avoidable.
>
> The counter-argument is that a novice is less likely to break the data
> when updating an area that is mapped using associatedStreet. I like
> the fact the fact that people need not even be aware of addresses in
> order to fix a street name. Being able to add/fix housenumbers without
> having to worry about addr:street (which would be very cumbersome on
> mobile devices editors - editing while surveying FTW) is also a big
> plus.
>
> Given that relations in general are not going away, the proper
> solution to the "novices have trouble with relations" problem is not
> to use less relations but to make relations easyer to edit and better
> documented. FWIW, I feel there is slow but steady progress in that
> domain.
>

+1
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