[Talk-GB] addr:place cleanup process

[Tom Crocker]

Hi Tony

Updated here: https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/116457516

Cheers

Tom

On Fri, 21 Jan 2022 at 23:30, Tony Shield <tonyosm9 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Tom
>
> Thanks for talking.
>
> Your suggestions are exactly what I was thinking are appropriate.
>
> For others listening-in - - Brinscall is a very old village and parish
> within Chorley Borough, Eaves Green is a recent housing estate within
> Chorley town (a postal town) and also in the central unparished area
> within Chorley Borough.
>
>
> Regards
>
> Tony
>
> On 21/01/2022 20:08, Tom Crocker wrote:
> > Hi Tony
> >
> > Sorry, I'm realising I blundered into your edits last night. As I said
> > in my earlier email I don't have a strong opinion on addr:suburb only,
> > and if there was a later consensus to change addr:village /
> > addr:hamlet to addr:suburb that would be pretty easy. From my
> > perspective it's more important to change the addr:place that are
> > referring to something below addr:parentstreet since that's the tag
> > that will be misunderstood by various existing systems. For what it's
> > worth I agree that it would be helpful if JOSM presented address tags
> > in a clearer way (and if the wiki was much clearer). I also wish the
> > tags had different labels but here we are.
> >
> > How to proceed? Would you be happy for me to change Brinscall to an
> > addr:village? I hope you don't mind Eaves Green as an addr:suburb?
> >
> > All the best
> >
> > Tom
>
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