[OSM-talk-be] the state of OpenStreetmap in Antwerpen

[Ben Laenen]

On Wednesday 10 September 2008, wannes wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 1:12 PM, Ben Laenen <benlaenen at gmail.com> 
wrote:
> > I always thought that one could see the quays along the docks as
> > the entities that get that address. But I don't really know it.
> > Would a hangar along the docks have the name of the dock or the
> > name of the road on the other side of the hangar?
>
> IIRC hangars in the harbour are adressed by their "kaainummer". When
> driving on the highway in and around Antwerp, this are the white
> signs that say eg. "Haven 1-999 oneven". Even if the hangars, ... are
> on some street, for example Noorderlaan or Scheldelaan this numbers
> are used.

Yeah, but then you could make one long road along the entire side of the 
docks called "Haven" :-) That number isn't the official address, it's 
just the number used for making it much easier for anyone who has to 
deliver or pick something up there.

Think about how big those road signs would be if they contained the road 
names instead of just numbers like "1-9999" :-)

Ben