[Talk-GB] associatedStreet relations in the UK

[Dave F]

I've never seen the point of them & have removed a few when full 
addressing has been added.
This is another example of relations being used just to collect 'things' 
together.

The positives for using them are tenuous.
"adding information... only once" and "reducing the potential for 
spelling mistakes." is moot as multiple buildings can be select to edit 
as one, or the 'replicate' key can be used.

DaveF

On 12/05/2022 17:08, Ken Kilfedder wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Addresses_in_the_United_Kingdom is 
> silent on the use of associatedStreet relations 
> (https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Relation:associatedStreet ).   I 
> haven't seen much use of them anywhere in the UK, but there are some 
> here and there.
>
> Does anyone have strong views about whether existing uses of 
> associatedStreet should be maintained?
>
> I'm asking because a new user has appeared in my neck of the woods and 
> removed all buildings from eight different associatedStreet relations 
> - with his/her first eight changesets!   I'm not sure I have the 
> energy to follow-up more than I've done already.
>
> (First changeset: https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/120857294 )
>
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