[OSM-talk] Representing places with no housenumber

[Martin Koppenhoefer]

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> On 22. Aug 2018, at 22:28, Christoph Hormann <osm at imagico.de> wrote:
> 
> Specifying addr:street on a building that does not have an address is 
> either pointless or non-verifiable.


as I explained above, we don’t add address tags to buildings in general, we add them to entrances and pois. If there is no housenumber, the poi would state this usually in the address (snc), for example on websites, business cards, etc.

They do have an address, even if it is not satisfying your expectations about the nature of addresses. You can send them a letter and it will likely arrive.

There is no need for the fixation on buildings and uniqueness of addresses. In many typical apartment buildings you will have a lot of people all with the same address. That’s not very different from several offices having the same address (in this case I would argue the name (either person or business) is part of the address)

cheers,
Martin