I haven't mapped it yet at a space level detail.  I can't really say I like
the idea of using house number as the space number for some campgrounds but
not others, that's just a bad hack.   I remember some space number proposal
in the wiki, but it wasn't clear how it was supposed to work.
On Jun 17, 2013 8:21 AM, "Tod Fitch" <t...@fitchdesign.com> wrote:

> In the case I am looking at now there is no street number for the
> campground. At least there is no sign indicating one nor have I seen a
> street number on an any map. So I guess that addr:housenumber might work.
> But I imagine that there are campgrounds that actually have an street
> number assigned to the whole complex, so overloading addr:housenumber would
> not work.
>
> For what it is worth, the practice in the area I an interested in for
> dispatching emergency services is to use the campground name and then the
> written reports, if for Forest Service, use the old township and range
> location. Other agencies might be using UTM grid nowadays.
>
> addr:unit seems like a reasonable choice for tagging the individual
> campsite. In the case where the whole campground has an street address, it
> seems like adding a unit number to the campground address is sufficient.
> But the Forest Service campgrounds in many of the areas I visit have no
> obvious street address and the service roads within the campground are
> usually unnamed too. So what, if anything, should be used for the
> addr:street tag?
>
> Any objections to using a addr:housename tag set to the campground name?
> Seems like that fits Bryce's old mailman analogy as an address that might
> have been deliverable.
>
> Paul: I assume that you've mapped your campground. Can you give me a
> location to look at so I can view your tagging? Thanks!
>
> -Tod
>
>
>
> On Jun 17, 2013, at 12:30 AM, Paul Johnson wrote:
>
> As someone who lives in a campground, that's a hack.  My address is
> similar to how most American apartment complexes or office buildings handle
> addresses (house number, street, unit number).
>
>
> On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 2:18 AM, Bryce Nesbitt <bry...@obviously.com>wrote:
>
>> A campsite number seems a direct analog to a house number.  "Site 52,
>> Evergreen Campground" is a form of address that in olden days a mailman
>> might actually have delivered to.  I don't see this as a rendering hack...
>> it seems pretty clean to me.
>>
>> But do place the node where the little number post is: that post is what
>> you're actually mapping.
>>
>>
>
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