[talk-ph] Block number addressing on Philippine?

[Satoshi IIDA]

Eugene,

Thank you for confirming the detail.
Very helpful! ;)

As you said, it might be temporary, but it is used indeed.
So I think it is better to described and defined in OSM wiki.

> underscore
Yes, so I've proposed "blocknumber"(without _) to fit "housenumber",
"postcode" or "subdistrict" (withour _).
Otherwise, "block_number"(with _) is proposed 2 years ago.

I would like to hear other opinions. (Tagging ML is better?)

Japanese mappers got consensus to change it to "block_number"(without _).
Maybe either tag is OK.





2014-04-13 10:30 GMT+09:00 Eugene Alvin Villar <seav80 at gmail.com>:

> On Fri, Apr 11, 2014 at 4:07 PM, Satoshi IIDA <nyampire at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I would like to confirm a few points.
>>
>> 1. Block number address system is used in Philippine?
>> According to OSM wiki page, there is no definition to block_number in
>> Philippine.
>> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Philippines/Addressing
>>
>> 1-1.
>> If block_number system is used, I would like to confirm they are same or
>> not to Japanese ones.
>> Please tell me some (maybe out of OSM wiki) documentation.
>> If they are the same concept, "_" ambiguous should be integrated :)
>>
>
> I would like to confirm what Ervin said: Yes, block addressing is also
> used in the Philippines. But note that Philippine block addressing scheme
> is always written as follows: "Block <number> Lot <number>". This is often
> abbreviated to "B<number> L<number>". The lot (aka parcel) number is
> generally equivalent to the building number used in Japanese addresses but
> the difference is that the lot numbers are assigned consecutively to each
> lot.
>
> Block addressing is usually intended to be a temporary address scheme
> while new streets are not yet named AND lots are not yet given "proper"
> numbers. But even if temporary, this scheme is often used for a long period.
>
> For example, my childhood house had the following address, "Block 7 Lot
> 16, E. Pascual Street", for more than 15 years before we were assigned a
> number: "46 E. Pascual Street".
>
>


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