[Talk-us] Tagging addresses on area's

[John F. Eldredge]

On February 4, 2015 10:25:02 PM CST, Greg Morgan <dr.kludge.gm at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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. __________________________________________

addr:flats works if you are talking about flats, but doesn't fit other scenarios, such as suites in an office building.

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