[Tagging] Adding address tags to street-side containers

[Jeroen Hoek]

On 13-03-2022 17:14, Daniel Capilla wrote:> Is it correct to add address 
tags to street-side recycling containers?
> 
> We are adding recycling containers in the city of Malaga, Spain, using 
> local open data provided by the City Hall [1]. This data includes the 
> postal address of the container, which actually refers to the nearest 
> housenumber and name of the street where it is located.
> 
> I'm not sure if it is correct in the context of OpenStreetMap to tag a 
> container with address tags. I do not think that these containers [2] 
> have a postal address, rather I think that the City Council uses this 
> data as an auxiliary way to geolocate the container. Should I remove 
> these address tags?

I think you are correct that these containers should not have address 
tags. I wouldn't add them myself. If the city only uses the address to 
give each container a unique reference, what you could do in the import 
is flatten the address data into a single string for use with the ref=* tag.

So, for example, if the source data has a container near Calle San 
Quintín 14 (postal code 29009), you might give it ref==29009:14.
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