[Talk-GB] UK addresses

[Will Phillips]

Hi,

I think we could do with a wiki page dedicated to tagging UK addresses 
and covering how to tag the more complicated cases. The problem at the 
moment is that there has been little discussion and no consensus about 
certain situations such as tagging parent/subsidiary streets.

I have been active in mapping addresses around Nottingham for a while 
and do always try to record addresses as fully as possible. I have 
personal methods for handling almost all situations that I encounter, 
but these are sometimes not fully documented, which is obviously not ideal.

This is how I would tag Rob's examples:

> Flat 2
> 8 Something Road,
> Town,
addr:flats = 2
addr:housenumber = 8
addr:street = Something Road
addr:city = Town

> 6, The Hollies,
> Birmingham Road,
> Town,
If 'The Hollies' is a building I would use:
addr:flats = 6
addr:housename = The Hollies
addr:street = Birmingham Road
addr:city = Town

If 'The Hollies' is a subsidiary street I would use:
addr:housenumber = 6
addr:street = The Hollies
addr:parentstreet = Birmingham Road
addr:city = Town

Here the 'addr:parentstreet' tag is completely non-standard. I use it 
quite regularly in the interest of getting things done, but with the 
intention of changing it in future if consensus is reached regarding a 
standard way to do it.

I work on the assumption that addr:housenumber must refer to the 
addr:street tag (so it shouldn't be a flat number or refer to a 
different (parent or subsidiary) street.

> Business Name,
> Building Name,
> Something Technology Park,
> Other thing Road,
> Town,
name = Business Name
addr:housename = Building Name
addr:place = Something Technology Park
addr:street = Other thing Road
addr:city = Town

This assumes that 'Something Technology Park' is not a physical street, 
but a named area that functions like a street for addressing purposes.

Localities:
I tend to use addr:suburb to record localities where they appear in the 
official address. I'm never sure which tag is best for village or hamlet 
names where addr:suburb seems wrong.

Cheers,
Will

On 12/08/2014 20:18, Rob Nickerson wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> Following on from my previous email to the list, this is a classic 
> example where the wiki page has become so long and complex I can't 
> make head or tail of it.
>
> So... how do people tag UK addresses?
>
> The standard for representing addresses in Britain is BS7666, which 
> comprises:
>
> * Primary addressable object name (PAON),
> * Secondary addressable object name (SAON),
> * street,
> * postcode,
> * locality (if available),
> * town,
> * county
>
> This combination of PAON and SAON allows them to do easily capture 
> addresses such as:
>
> Example 1
>
> Flat 2
> 8 Something Road,
> Town,
> ...
>
> Example 2
>
> 6, The Hollies,
> Birmingham Road,
> Town,
> ...
>
> How would these map to OSM's tags?
>
> Finally how would you tag something like:
>
> Business Name,
> Building Name,
> Something Technology Park,
> Other thing Road,
> Town,
> ...
>
>
> Thanks,
> Rob
>
>
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