[Talk-GB] How to map houses

[Dan S]

Hi BD,

Ed's right that opinions will vary and there's often not one perfect
answer. Allow me to propose a modification of Martin's suggestion, for
the case where you have one single outline for a whole terrace and no
knowledge of exactly which housenumber sits where:

building=terrace
addr:housenumer=5-17
addr:interpolation=2
addr:street=Westbury Avenue

Using address interpolation on an outline is not that common, I admit,
but it does at least mean the data is there in machine-readable
format, i.e. it's relatively straightforward to write an automatic
query to know where to send someone if they're looking for 7 Westbury
Avenue.

The more orthodox use is described here:
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Addresses#Using_interpolation
where, assuming you know which end of the row is number 5 and which is
number 17, you'd use building=terrace and then create a separate way
(typically not even connected to the building outline) that holds the
addresses and interpolation as shown in the little diagram you see on
that wiki page.

Best
Dan

Op ma 26 nov. 2018 om 19:22 schreef Martin Wynne <martin at templot.com>:
>
> Hi BD,
>
> Try:
>
> building=terrace
>
> name=5-17 Westbury Avenue
>
> see: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:building%3Dterrace
>
> cheers,
>
> Martin.
>
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