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

Frederik Ramm frederik at remote.org
Wed Apr 8 15:56:19 BST 2009


Hi,

Russ Nelson wrote:
> Here in the USA, many areas were renumbered for  
> the e911 initiative.  The numbering?  Well, it may vary from place to  
> place, but for my area, it's the number of feet down your road divided  
> by 25 (half the width of a buildable lot, so you can have a unique  
> number on each side of the road).
> 
> Thus, for many roads near me, interpolation is not only usable, it's  
> technically correct.

Then just use it ;-) but refrain from tagging the house number info onto 
the way representing the street, or you'll get into trouble when someone 
splits a way or combines two.

Bye
Frederik





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