[OSM-talk] addr:interpolation and data consumers

Mike N niceman at att.net
Sun Nov 20 18:00:53 UTC 2016


On 11/20/2016 11:47 AM, nebulon42 wrote:
> In my opinion addr:interpolation is of little value for data consumers.
> Personally, I prefer addresses on nodes or buildings where the location
> of the address is clear. addr:interpolation rather leaves this open. I
> know that addr:interpolation is an established tag, but the Wiki also says:

   Addr:interpolation is a convenient method for mappers to add many 
addresses at once.  Without an addr:inclusion tag, it implies a complete 
collection of addresses along the line.   The calculated addresses may 
not fall in the center of each building, but they are certainly useful 
to OSM.



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