[talk-au] Advice on Tags in a Hamlet

Simon Slater pyevet at iinet.net.au
Sun Jan 15 23:30:36 UTC 2017


G'day all,
	We needed our daughter to pick something up from Lalbert and since she 
had never driven there herself, we looked up the map.  However, Smith St did 
not appear, instead tagged as the Lalbert Kerang Rd, as here: https://
www.openstreetmap.org/way/80838220#map=17/-35.67595/143.37920 

For the locals and for street numbers, it is Smith St, at least from the Swan 
Hill - Donald road to the rail tracks.  How can I tag to reflect this, leaving 
the Lalbert - Kerang tag for the bigger picture?

On a secondary note, the node for Lalbert is in the middle of empty land: 
https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/1774352212#map=16/-35.6726/143.3759 Should 
this be moved a bit more centrally, like near the cafe and garage on Main St?  

I have seen both these scenarios a few times in the hamlets around here.  
Apart from tidiness, would this also improve routing?
-- 
Regards
Simon Slater

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