[Talk-in] What are the Guidelines for mapping address information in India?

[Devdatta Tengshe]

Hi Mateusz,

>Note addr:full

While this is a short term fix, I don't really like it, since any geocoding
engine would need components of an address and not the full string. This is
especially important in India, when the addressing system is
completely missing, and even humans have trouble breaking down the address
into its individual components.

>But is "Shital Bus Stop (Nearest Landmark)" really part of an address?
rather than hint?

Given what I know about Addresses, specially in Tier-2 and Tier-3 cities
and towns, I would say that landmarks are an integral part of Addresses.
We don't have the system of numbers along a road, and even roads for that
matter may not have a name, or a unique name.


Regards,
Devdatta


On Fri, 16 Sept 2022 at 18:08, Mateusz Konieczny via Talk-in <
talk-in at openstreetmap.org> wrote:

> Note addr:full listed at that page.
>
> I am not from India disclaimer.
>
> But is "Shital Bus Stop (Nearest Landmark)" really part of an address?
> rather than hint?
>
> For me it is common to include hint like this while giving location, say
> "leave main road after house with a blue roof" but that
> would not be a part of actual address.
>
> Sep 16, 2022, 09:19 by devdatta at tengshe.in:
>
> I'm looking into entering the address information for commercial shops in
> OSM, along with their locations.
>
> I have looked at the OSM wiki page:
> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:addr:*
>
> But this looks to be US centric, and does not appear to match how we write
> addresses in India.
>
> Take a typical address such as: 1B/2, Vikram Building CHS Ltd LBS Road
> Near Shital Bus Stop, Bali Bajar, Kurla W Mumbai 400070, Mumbai,
> Maharashtra 400072
>
> Based on the recommendations, I see that I can tag the following:
>
> addr:housenumber=1B/2
> addr:street=LBS Road
> addr:city=Mumbai
> addr:postcode=400070
> addr:country=IN
>
> Where do I add the following:
> Vikram Building CHS Ltd (Name of the Building)
> Shital Bus Stop (Nearest Landmark)
> Bali Bajar (Sub Locality in Indian parlance)
> Kurla W (Locality in Indian parlance)
>
> Based on my experience with Indian addresses in my day job, I know that it
> is next to impossible to search for locations without Locality, Sub
> locality & Name of Buildings.
>
> I know that this has been briefly discussed here:
> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/India#Addressing.
>
> Should we have an India Specific addressing scheme, similar to what we
> have done for Highways:
> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/India/Tags/Highway
>
> I'll be willing to volunteer to write up a proposal for this.
>
> Regards,
> Devdatta
>
>
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