[OSM-talk] OSM the mediocre alternative

[Robert (Jamie) Munro]

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Christoph Eckert wrote:
>> I think that tagging segments is probably the only sensible way to
>> introduce house numbers to the database.
> 
> a single segment does not know which wayS it belongs to, thus making it 
> difficult to determine which way the numbers actually belong to.

In the database it does. That's what a relational database is. If the
API can't tell you, that's an easy problem to fix. Anyway, that's not
necessarily relevant as most of the time you will approach the problem
from the other end - i.e. find me number 27, The Avenue, so you download
the way "The Avenue" and all its segments, then you search for number 27.

>> If we add a tags to the segments:
>> numbers_left=1-7 odd
>> numbers_right=2-8 even

>> By the way, I suggest that instead of a range, a
>> list would be possible where a segment has non-contiguous numbering
>> e.g.:
>> numbers_left=1;1a;3;5;9

> This will work in most cases, but in reality, there are even more 
> complex numbering scemes.

Like?

Robert (Jamie) Munro
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