[OSM-talk] combining nodes with ways

[Frank Villaro-Dixon]

On 16-08-11 15:04:20, Martin Koppenhoefer, wrote 0.7K characters saying:
>> I agree it isn't clean and it does clutter up the database to have 
>> multiple addressess containing the same information on nodes within a 
>> building but that is what we currently have.
>it is a very stable way of doing things though, and a good way to operate 
>when you work incrementally (as osm generally does). Even if the nodes 
>are not perfectly positioned you get reliable addressing information for 
>POIs this way. I am not convinced that simplifying these structures by 
>moving address information from POIs to a container (like a plot or a 
>building) is is beneficial for the project.
Duplicates are in general always bad and not neat. That's a thing that 
will/could bite us in the ass in the future (a city changing its name, its 
postcode, or merging a postcode with another city). An address by area can 
simply avoid easy spelling mistakes.

>In Canada Postal Codes are not open data so the only way they can be used
>is on an individual address.
I don't understand. What does it make that they are not open data ? One 
could know that all of their village has the same postcode, so they could 
simply add a addr:postcode=xxx to their village boundary ?

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