[Talk-us-massachusetts] A simple check for addresses before the import

[John Goodman]

On 2018.08.10 08:28, Greg Troxel wrote:

> So perhaps name= should have the name that would be agreed on as correct
> if you rounded up 6 residents, the town clerk, the assessor, the
> postmaster, and the fire chief.  And, if there is another name that
> people agree is used, even if wrong, then that should be in alt_name:
> 
>    https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:alt_name
> 
> I suppose the alt_name can have a link to the bug report filed with the
> town :-)

Yes, I've use alt_name whenever it seemed warranted.

It's a bit surprising, though, that there don't seem to be the 
corresponding 'alt_addr' fields (at least not "officially"). But these 
would allow people searching for an address that has road name variants 
(or more rarely, town name variants) to still locate it.

John Goodman