[Talk-GB] OSM UK address project: tags

[Tom Hughes]

On 22/12/2021 08:43, Rob Nickerson wrote:

> I'll end by saying that, despite not aiming to replicate RM/PAF, it does 
> seem that we will need a way of recording the parent+child type 
> arrangement. Because this hasn't been agreed across the UK community to 
> date, we now have more and more tags being created (e.g. addr:terrace, 
> addr:site, addr:parentstreet, addr:locality). I suspect some have been 
> created because the child element is not a street and hence people don't 
> want to use the addr:street+addr:parentstreet combination. Do we need to 
> clarify that addr:street can be used for non-street child elements or is 
> that a no-go as well?

To me that's the wrong way round.

The general rule is that addr:street is the street the
building is on - that applies worldwide and isn't something
we should be changing to deal with UK peculiarities.

Where something like a terrace name is needed it should
be a separate tag like addr:terrace I would think.

Where the dependant street is actually a side road
rather than a terrace it's not clear to me that we
actually need the name of the "parent" street - to
be honest I'm not really sure why RM use it in those
cases unless the name of side street was ambiguous
in a given area?

Is dependant street also used for blocks of flats? I'm
not really sure how RM handle that but I usually map
that as addr:housename and addr:flats with the parent
street as addr:street in line with the above rule about
that being the street the building is on.

Tom

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