[talk-au] Postal addresses

[Andy Mabbett]

On Thu, 19 Mar 2020 at 06:07, Warin <61sundowner at gmail.com> wrote:

> Firstly house names.
>
> While these exist they are seldom required for postal addresses so the should not be placed into addr:housename=* but rather into name=*.
>
> The wiki specifically implies if there is a addr:housenumber there should be no addr:housename.
> See https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:addr#Commonly_used_subkeys

If something is implied then it is not specific.

What the wiki actually says is:

   addr:housename
   The name of a house.
   This is sometimes used in some countries like England instead of
   (or in addition to) a house number.

which does *not* imply that if there is a addr:housenumber there
should be no addr:housename, but on the contrary indicates that the
two properties can be used at the same time.

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Andy Mabbett
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