[Tagging] noaddress=yes and (possibly) implicit buildings

[Martin Koppenhoefer]

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> On 16 Jan 2021, at 11:23, Volker Schmidt <voschix at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I think the best solution would be an ad-hoc tag, with a precise definition, but that is limited to the after-earthquake emergency in Croatia. The tagging should be chosen to make that point clear.
> If that tag then later turns out to be more generally useful, it can be "exported".


You could use geolocation by coordinates, and there was what3fucks for exactly this problem, but it seems they have ceased service (possibly they were infringing patents or not in the mood of verifying it in court), so currently what3ducks might be a useful alternative:
http://what3ducks.com/

more info in the wiki: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/What3words

neither of these systems, nor other generic systems like OLC https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Location_Code need to be inserted in OpenStreetMap, they work in parallel. 

If there’s no (postal) address, we do not have to add anything, the position is already clear (we are a map), and other “addressing” (e.g. cadastral reference, textual description) are often not available. I would see textual descriptions as fitting for addr:full where they are in use on the ground.

On a side note it seems strange to give addresses only to dwellings, as businesses also have a general need of being able to receive post.

Cheers Martin 
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