[OSM-talk] Adding Addresses to OSM

[Erik Johansson]

On 9/12/06, Michael Robinson <mhrobinson at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Is there a standardized way to add street addresses to OSM?  It would seem
> that the easiest way would be to add a node to the way that the address is
> on.  Then add an "address" key for the address number and some sort of key
> to say which side of the road the address is on.  Or if there were a
> database of addresses and their lat/lon that could be important instead.
>

Question: is there anyone doing this, if so how do you do it?

I do it sometimes but just for streetcorners, never as nodes. I use
"numbers" as key, is this a good thing? I'm thinking perhaps
numbers_left="1-5" and numbers_right="2-8" is better than
numbers="1-5,2-8".

I guess one really shouldn't state ranges, but a list of the door
numbers that really are present.