[Tagging] housenumber on node and area

[André Pirard]

On 2015-05-21 01:51, pmailkeey . wrote :
>
>
> 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.
Yes it's right.
>  
>
>     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. 
>
Please be clear and justify.
Info is routinely in two places, e.g. building and associatedStreet, to
cope with software or people that do not support one of the places.
This is exactly the case.
(and if you look for "DE", "FR" etc, it's more than two places)

Cheers

André.



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