[Talk-GB] Non-intuitive addresses

[ndrw6]

On 14/02/2022 13:25, Mark Goodge wrote:
> 
> But the problem here is that there's no nameplate on the path, 
> and it doesn't appear in OS open data. So the only sources are the NSG 
> and OS Mastermap, which we can't use because they're not open.
[...]
> Again, the problem is that a survey won't help. I walk past these houses 
> regularly. There is absolutely nothing, on the ground, to indicate that 
> they are part of Huxleys Way rather than Boat Lane. The only documented 
> sources of the correct addresses are non-open.

This is a common problem when working with UK addresses - official data 
are restricted, on-the-ground information often not available. The only 
thing we can really do is to ask locals to provide information based on 
their local knowledge or to encourage them to enter data directly.

> There is a complicated and roundabout way to infer from open data 
> sources that these addresses are probably part of Huxleys Way. That is, 
> take the coordinates of the street from the Open USRN database, match 
> those up with OS OpenRoads, then look up the name in OS OpenNames (which 
> gives us Huxleys Way), then find all the UPRNs which are associated with 
> that USRN in OS Open Linked Identifiers, check their coordinates in OS 
> Open UPRN and note that this includes a set of houses that, visually, 
> appear to be on Boat Lane. But that's not 100% reliable, and there's no 
> simple way of doing that with any of the OSM editing tools, at least as 
> far as I'm aware.

Looks like a potentially useful tool to implement. There is a good 
chance any of these steps would fail but any extra bit of information we 
could infer from open data would be useful.

-ndrw6