[Talk-GB] Non-intuitive addresses

[Mark Goodge]

On 12/02/2022 12:17, Tom Crocker wrote:
> 
> For the addresses I would suggest addr:place=Abbots Walk as that 
> *should* work with existing tools.

That seems reasonable, although addr:place seems a little controversial
in these parts at the moment :-)

> For the label, what I usually do is split out the section of
> landuse=* and add the name to that, which seems reasonable and works
> for most renderers (I use the cadastral parcels/fence lines for the
> area).

That's pretty much what I'd planned to do, so it's handy to have that 
confirmed as having been used elsewhere.

> I have however been thinking about proposing place=building_complex
> (or something) for these sort of situations. This would be
> particularly useful when the landuse is mixed, and is a perhaps more
> appropriate tag. It would fit between city_block and plot in our
> current hierarchy.

Yes, that seems like a sensible suggestion. it would be particularly 
useful where an urban building has both commercial and residential use.

> To stop future remapping I would think not:name=Abbots Walk on the
> road and a note to clarify the situation.

That, too sounds like a good idea, thanks. I was intending to add a note 
anyway, but the not:name tag hadn't occurred to me.

Mark