Hi, On Wed, May 27, 2015 at 11:43:17AM +0200, Florian Lohoff wrote: > i was trying to geocode those 2 Adresses and failed: > > 53347 Alfter (Witterschlick), Witterschlicker Allee 4 > http://www.openstreetmap.org/way/89681300 > 53347 Alfter (Witterschlick), Witterschlicker Allee 6 > http://www.openstreetmap.org/way/89678475 > > They will be found as 53347 Bonn, Witterschlicker Allee. The problem > here seems to be that the building is actually in Alfter whereas the > street belongs to Bonn. > > It seems not the building centroids position relative to the admin > boundary is relevant but the contact point on the street. > > Is that correct?
Yes, that is correct. The address is computed entirely from the street. Well, actually there is an exception for the postcode, which is taken from the addr:postcode if there is one. Something similar will happen with the other addr:* tags at some point in the not so immediate future. Sarah _______________________________________________ Geocoding mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/geocoding
