[Talk-GB] associatedStreet relations in the UK

Dave F davefoxfac63 at btinternet.com
Thu May 12 17:49:04 UTC 2022


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The resulting relation - a road relation, is even more pointless than 
associated street. It should be removed.

On 12/05/2022 18:07, Tony Shield wrote:
>
> 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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