[Talk-GB] OSM UK address project: tags

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There you go: https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/115255709 :-)

On Wed, 22 Dec 2021 at 12:35, Simon Poole <simon at poole.ch> wrote:

>
> 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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