[OSM-talk] 112k Wikidata tags to add to OSM

Edward Betts edward at 4angle.com
Fri Sep 5 14:20:19 UTC 2014


Pieren <pieren3 at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 5, 2014 at 11:06 AM, Edward Betts <edward at 4angle.com> wrote:
> > I started checking addr:housename, some buildings have this
> > tag but are missing the name tag.
> 
> "addr:housename" is most of the time improperly used in OSM (should be
> in the "name" tag). I understand it is increasing your matching
> results but it should be reviewed when this tag is corresponding to a
> wikipedia article.

Agreed, here are the numbers for OSM objects where an addr:housename is
present, but the name is missing:

Apartment buildings: 11
Castles: 2
Commercial buildings: 3
Government buildings: 2
Houses: 9
Museums: 1
Office buildings: 1
Railway stations: 1
Residential buildings: 9
Schools: 1
Shopping malls: 1
Studios: 1

Try searching for 'no name' in this page for examples:

http://edwardbetts.com/osm-wikidata/Apartment%20buildings.html

-- 
Edward.



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