[Tagging] Multiple offices at the same address - (Multiple values for one key)

[Andrew Harvey]

On 29 October 2017 at 08:16, Graeme Fitzpatrick <graemefitz1 at gmail.com>
wrote:
>
> & I must admit to being "guilty" of listing both types of address -
> filling in the address details of the type of building / shop / POI & then
> also adding an address node, usually on it's driveway.
>
> My reasoning is that my navigation program (OSMAND) doesn't appear to find
> street numbers if they're only part of the address, but will if they're a
> separate node.
>
> Is it the "right" way of doing things? - who knows & does it matter? What
> is the purpose of the map - looking good, laid out neatly & tidily, or
> being usable for navigation purposes?
>

I think that's fine. By adding the address tags to a shop, someone who
searches for the shop, immediately has the full formed address for it.

By adding an address as it's own generic node (mailbox, driveway, entrance,
etc) or way (parcel of land) someone who searches for the address can find
it irrespective of the shop. This is kind of what GNAF in Australia offers
by the way, complementary to address existing on other OSM features.
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