[Talk-us] Tagging addresses on area's

[Greg Morgan]

On Tue, Feb 3, 2015 at 1:33 PM, Darrell Fuhriman <darrell at garnix.org> wrote:
> It seems to be addr:unit, though it’s not widely used. It’s what I’ve been
> using, though.
>
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:addr:unit
>
> d.
> On Feb 3, 2015, at 12:28, Paul Johnson <baloo at ursamundi.org> wrote:
>
> What's the correct tag for unit number, anyway?  This is driving me insane
> since it's making it impossible to complete mapping the caravan site I live

I punted.  When Josm added a preset that included addr:flats, then I
started using that tag.  Right or wrong I figured most of the other
tags are Euro-English coloured, so to speak, that it did not mater if
I used addr:flats verses addr:unit. The problem is that only
addr:house number renders.  I am not sure how we can render an address
so that it is useful other than only displaying the number.  Then
there is a debate over what tags to add for completeness of an
imported address such as addr:state being redundant.  Moreover, there
is the debate of including/excluding zipcode areas in the OSM data so
that it could be used to improve address data.  On top of suites what
do we do with building numbers.  I have no joy with a complex like
this http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=19/33.59390/-111.98171.  How do
you add the suite ranges with any meaning along with a building letter
that is useful on the map?  I though x001-x012 for the suite because
there is more than one suite for the building.  The floor is the
distinguishing number for all the suites in that building.   Then
there was this experiment
http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=19/33.58335/-111.90703.  I left
crappy but useful map data.  addr:housenumber contains both the number
and the building letter in the same field.  The map is useful because
you can find the building. How have other people tried to handle these
situations?

Regards,
Greg