[Talk-GB] UK addresses

Lester Caine lester at lsces.co.uk
Wed Aug 13 08:08:26 UTC 2014


On 13/08/14 08:54, Ed Loach wrote:
> Dan wrote:
> 
>>> addr:flats = 1-5;The Garden Flat;The Penthouse
>>
>> This one is news to me. It seems a bit quirky to use
> "addr:flats=3" to
>> represent "Flat 3" but if it's used then I'll use it. Do yall use
> it?
>>
>> (I think I've used addr:unit before, but never been sure)
> 
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key%3Aaddr%3Aflats
> shows it is used almost 25000 times globally.
> 
> The addr:unit wiki description seems to be more about blocks inside
> a building rather than specific flat numbers.

This is where having different tags for 'housenumber', 'housename' and
the like gets confusing?  An office unit within a block on a street
needs the primary element 'unit number' and secondary element 'unit
name' in much the same way as houses on a parade adjacent to the street
and flats in a block.

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