[Talk-GB] Envelopes map

[Rob Nickerson]

Hi all,

To help with address mapping QA, I have created a simple "envelopes map".
You need to zoom in to zoom level 17 and wait a few seconds for it to get
data from overpass. At which point you can click on a point to see the
address written on an envelope.

https://envelopes.osmuk.org/

Note that, for now, this is using the "strict method" described in the wiki
page. This strict method uses the globally accepted tags plus
addr:parentstreet as this seems to be the one that most agree a need for.
Consequnetly it closely follows Simon's logic in his January email:
https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-gb/2022-January/028341.html

The strict method is described here:
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Addresses_in_the_United_Kingdom#Tags_to_envelope

As it stands now it also does not use addr:substreet. In effect I am
rendering option 4 in my 9th January email, doing so to highlight the QA
issues where addr:place has been incorrectly used. This doesn't change my
conclusion from 9th Jan that addr:substreet is needed to provide certainty
to those data users that need it and cannot rely on attempting to
automatically adjust for mis-use of addr:place. But for now, it is working
on add:place so see it more as a QA tool rather than a final product.
https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-gb/2022-January/028379.html

I hope this helps. If it does, please let me know as none of this comes
easily to me (I'm not a web dev) so it would be nice to know if people
value it before I put any more time into it.

P.S. The plan is that we will have this sort of "envelope rendering" in the
editing app too :-)
P.P.S. Technically this works outside of the UK, but it will likely produce
a result that is incorrect for other countries (e.g. those that put the
number after the street name).

Best wishes,
*Rob*
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