[Talk-us] Name tag on unnamed, but numbered routes

[Paul Johnson]

On Fri, Nov 19, 2021 at 3:34 PM Shawn K. Quinn <skquinn at rushpost.com> wrote:

> On 11/19/21 12:40, Paul Johnson wrote:
> > I think we're conflating name=* on the road with addr:street=* on
> > the thing with an address.  These often don't match when the postal
> > service disagrees with the local authorities on what to call a road,
> > or when the road isn't named.  This isn't really something that a
> > validator can easily check in an automated fashion, but it is
> > something that editors can and should tell the validator to ignore on
> > a case by case basis.
>
> This is something easily checkable with the Coloured Streets style,
> however. If anything, that style is *too* good at highlighting addresses
> which do not match the nearby street.
>
> This is why I think we might need something like addr_name which
> Coloured Streets would check first, as that might well differ from the
> signposted name.
>

I like this idea and would be on board.  Though I'd probably go with name
:addr=* for the key.
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