[Talk-ca] [OSM-talk] Addr:streetnumber:first;last:left;right

[marcus.wolschon at googlemail.com]

On Tue, 7 Apr 2009 00:11:24 +0200, andrzej zaborowski <balrogg at gmail.com>
wrote:
>> Sound cool!
>>
>> One suggestion:
>> As this is automated anyway, try to add hints about what street the
>> houses belong to.
>>
>> easy to implement version:
>>  Simply add a tag add:street=nam to the interpolation-ways
>>
>> slightly less easy to implement but easier to evaluate in
address-search:
>>  add an associateStreet- relation
>>
>>
>> I will download that area one of these days and play around with my
>> address-seach a bit, okay?
> 
> Sounds great.  The problem with associating the addr:interpolation
> ways with their associatedStreet is that the UMP (imported) data
> generally contains the colloquial street names - abbreviated, and
> without first names if the street is named after a person.  In OSM
> data however, we expand them to full names and so the addr:street
> value often differs from the actual street name - they can still be
> associated, but the algorightm will be a little more complex, probably
> will need to allow for a small *lexical distance* between the names
> (i.e. like google search).

You know the OSM-way of the street, don't you? You can use exactly
the value of it's "name"-attribute.
Or you can use the "type=associatedstreet"-relation.
That one works without street-names and is just 2 relation
with 1 tag and 2 members. Should be simple to code.

Marcus