[Tagging] housenumber on node and area

[Ross]

On 21/05/15 09:51, pmailkeey . wrote:
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>
> On 20 May 2015 at 14:10, André Pirard <A.Pirard.Papou at gmail.com 
> <mailto:A.Pirard.Papou at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     Hi,
>
>     We know that addr:housenumber
>     <http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:addr>=* can be tagged on
>     nodes
>     <http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Addresses#How_to_map_addresses> and
>     that it's very convenient.
>
>
> But wrong.

Why?  It's all very well that this may be you opinion but the wiki and 
accepted practice says otherwise.

>
>     A problem in tagging the number on a node *instead* of on an area
>     is that someone making a nice copy (& paste) like below (partim)
>     of the nice information found in the left pane of OSM.org will
>     inadvertently miss the number.
>     Does anyone have an objection against the same number being *also*
>     on the node?
>     That is the same number both on a node (once) and on the
>     way/relation *that this node belongs to* (once)?
>     (we already have the other address information routinely
>     duplicated and even triplicated (associatedAddress) for the sake
>     of consumers finding it, so why not the address?)
>
>
>
> Info shouldn't be duplicated or triplicated either.
>
Agree.
>
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