[Tagging] Adding floor location information

[Warin]

On 30/09/2015 9:43 AM, John Willis wrote:
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>> On Sep 30, 2015, at 6:52 AM, Eugene Alvin Villar <seav80 at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> But in some countries, the floor information is actually part of the address.
> Thats great, please tag it as such.
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> I'm not saying addr:floor shouldn't exist - it should. Im saying that encoding non-address information into address is pollution of the addr:* tag.
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> In large facilities with a single mail address or large numbers of buildings  (universities, military bases) have "building" numbers to denote which building - not a street address, but just an assigned number that is usually included in it's postal routing info. This is the use of addr:place
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> I dont think we should jam every building name and ref, suite number (addr:unit) or business designation (ref=)in there becuase it is **not part of its address**

Is it not?

What is an 'address'?

Is that not simply a way of physically finding it?

For some locations

there is a name .. that the locals use and know exactly where it is.

the is a reference number used by the post office - that is what they use to place mail correctly

and then there are visitors that get told to travel 164 miles north along the Silver City Hwy from Broken Hill and then turn right for 27 miles.

Those are all addresses that I would use ... So I would have no problem with using an addr:floor even when the post office does not use it.. a courier may well appreciate it!