[Talk-GB] OSM UK address project: tags

[Simon Poole]

Am 22.12.2021 um 12:13 schrieb Mark Goodge:
> ...
> The key to both of these, though, is distinguishing addr:town from 
> addr:post_town. And I'm a little surprised that the latter seems to be 
> so infrequently used in OSM (only 11 objects, according to a taginfo 
> search). I think this is something that really does need to be 
> prominent in the wiki, with a clear explanation of the difference and 
> mappers encouraged to use addr:post_town correctly. Essentially, 
> addr:town should be used for the settlement that the object is 
> actually in (or administratively part of, for rural areas that are 
> part of the curtilage of a settlement), while addr:post_town should be 
> used (and only used) where the postal address includes a specified 
> post town that is different to the name of that settlement.
> ...


The definition of addr:city -is- "The name of the city as given in 
postal addresses of the building/area." straight from the wikis mouth, 
aka the postal town or whatever the equivalent is.

While there is some use of addr:town it seems to essentially be a 
tagging mistake (confusing the place value with the address field), 
definitely there is no need to introduce a synonym to addr:city with 
addr:post_town.

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