[Openstreetmap] Re: road names

[Alex L. Mauer]

Tom Carden wrote:
> But are address ranges really the same sort of information as street
> name?  Can you show us an example of a map which shows them?  I
> suspect they'd be a separate tag, but I'd be interested to see how
> other maps deal with displaying them.
> 
> Tom.

Well, I find that roadmap ( http://roadmap.digitalomaha.net/ ) uses them
to good effect.  It has come in handy to be able to search for, e.g.
"1600 block of Mc Culloch Street"...or to identify what block you're on
currently.  And it has (obvious?) implications for navigation as well,
to be able to get to a specific block and an estimated address instead
of just a street name.  And of course, address ranges typically map well
to line segments, at least here in the US.

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