[talk-au] Am I using addr:unit correctly?

[Dian Ågesson]

Thanks Andrew,

I was having a bit of a crisis of confidence as unit numbers don't seem 
to render as I expected, nor does nominatim seem to know what to do with 
them. 
https://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/ui/details.html?osmtype=W&osmid=1024067995&class=building

Dian

On 2022-01-27 10:27, Andrew Harvey wrote:

> Your use of addr:unit looks correct here, I don't believe it needs to 
> be subdivisions of a single building. You could have villa style 
> townhouses where each dwelling is a separate building on a single site, 
> where each building has it's own addr:unit and they all share the same 
> addr:housenumber.
> 
> We should update the wiki to describe this as a valid scenario.
> 
> On Thu, 27 Jan 2022 at 10:24, Dian Ågesson <me at diacritic.xyz> wrote:
> 
>> Hello,
>> 
>> I had assumed that the addr:unit tag would be the appropriate place 
>> for a unit number in a subdivided block (specifically a complex such 
>> as this: https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/1024067987 [1]).
>> 
>> The wiki seems to suggest that the addr:unit is for subdivisions of a 
>> single building though and doesn't seem to be the right tag?
>> 
>> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:addr:unit
>> 
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Links:
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[1] 
https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/1024067987#map=17/-38.06484/145.14231
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