[Talk-GB] OSM UK address project: tags - Updated guidance

[Tom Crocker]

On Sun, 9 Jan 2022, 11:10 Sarah Hoffmann via Talk-GB, <
talk-gb at openstreetmap.org> wrote:

>
> Regarding the opposing proposals of addr:substreet (as currently in the
> wiki) and addr:parentstreet (as proposed by Simon Poole and Tom
> Crocker), they work both from a data user point of view as far as I can
> see. Which one you go for depends on whether you put more emphasis on
> the dependent street or the parent street in an address:
>
> Say you have an address like '4 Rose Terrace, Garden Street'. You can
> tag this as:
>
> addr:housenumber=4
> addr:substreet=Rose Terrace
> addr:street=Garden Street


Hi Sarah

Thanks very much for your contributions. Just to clarify, my understanding
of the wiki page is that the combination of addr:substreet with
addr:parentstreet is being proposed, rather than as above, to avoid the '4
Garden Street' error. Perhaps Rob can confirm?

Thanks again

Tom
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