[OSM-talk] House numbers... One more suggestion

Jochen Topf jochen at remote.org
Tue Jul 29 18:27:59 BST 2008


On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 10:16:33AM -0700, Karl Newman wrote:
> To be clear, I don't have a problem with tagging the actual location of the
> house or building. I think it's unnecessary, but the problem I have with the
> scheme is that it doesn't definitively link the node with the way (what's a
> house number without an associated street?) My suggestion (the third on that

Thats why you should not only tag the building/node with the house
number, but with the full address. Yes, there is some duplication of
data, but its still easier than relations and doesn't break as easy.

Jochen
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