[Talk-GB] UK addresses

[SK53]

Two things:

   - I was emphatically told by people who know that the BS enables
   describing much more than mere postal addresses. In other words PAON, SAON
   etc., are not merely for building number & flat number.
   - Some of the issues you raise were discussed at last Friday's Open
   Addresses Symposium (bulk of slides here
   <http://www.slideshare.net/theODI/open-addresses-symposium-slides-8th-august-2014>),
   and the great and the good of the UK addressing world seemed to be of a
   like mind regarding how the Royal Mail PAF encodes addresses (that any open
   address scheme should handle places (locality etc) in ways which are useful
   over and above how the post is delivered.

Cheers,

Jerry

PS. My own slides are up on Slideshare too.




On 12 August 2014 20:18, Rob Nickerson <rob.j.nickerson at gmail.com> 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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