[Talk-GB] associatedStreet relations in the UK

[Tony Shield]

I'm curious as to why a new user in their first changeset would make 
changes to such an arcane piece of tagging. What prompted them?

TonyS999

On 12/05/2022 18:02, Dave F via Talk-GB wrote:
> 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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