[Talk-GB] Envelopes map

[Rob Nickerson]

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Thanks for the suggestion. Fortunately this was quite an easy one to
implement (I used https://github.com/mlevans/leaflet-hash)

Best wishes,
*Rob*


On Fri, 21 Jan 2022 at 14:05, Gregory Williams <
gregory at gregorywilliams.me.uk> wrote:

> Rob,
>
> This is very useful and has already helped me spot a few issues.
>
> Please could I request that the page also includes a permalink, such
> that I don't need to start each session by zooming in? It'd also be
> useful if I need to share a link in a discussion; I could say "Take a
> look at the address over here: [Link]".
>
> Regards,
>
> Gregory
>
> On Tue, 2022-01-18 at 21:01 +0000, Rob Nickerson wrote:
> > 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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