Hi all Just letting you know that I just spotted an issue on ID's GitHub that is related to what is discussed here. Thought some could be interested.
https://github.com/openstreetmap/iD/issues/2254 Cheers On 14 October 2014 16:31, Alex Sims <a...@softgrow.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I've been populating addr:city with the thing in Australia we call the > suburb. This seems to be supported by the definition on the wiki as this > seems to say that the addr:* keys defines a postal address. > > I've been playing around with mkgmap to Garmin and whatever happens, the > more addresses the better. I've been playing with Osmhunter, an IOS app > which makes it fun, although a bit slow. > > Alex > > > On 14/10/2014 11:10 AM, Ben Kelley wrote: > > Hi. > > In OSM (for Australia), suburb=town, which is admin_level=9 for admin > boundaries. We don't define the boundary of the wider metropolitan area. > > To be honest I'm not sure of the value in adding this to addresses. The > location of the address (within admin boundaries) will determine this, > along with any street related to the address. > > That is, it's probably better to let routing software infer the town, > rather than re-enter it for every address. > > - Ben Kelley. > > -- > Ben Kelley > Sent from my Nexus 7 > On 14 Oct 2014 11:19, "David Bannon" <dban...@internode.on.net> wrote: > >> >> As far as routing engines go, my guess is City=Town=Suburb, they would >> dump them all into one box and sort. >> >> But I confess I don't see them as interchangeable in other contexts. >> Difficult question Nicholas ! >> >> David >> >> >> On Mon, 2014-10-13 at 23:54 +0000, Nicholas G Lawrence wrote: >> > When I use the in-browser editor iD, and create a building outline to >> tag, it offers up addr:city as a tag, but not addr:suburb >> > >> > Of course, I can add a new tag addr:suburb easily enough, but it is a >> couple more steps. >> > >> > So the path of least resistance is to populate the tag addr:city and >> leave blank addr:suburb >> > >> > Personally, I am leaning towards addr:city = Coorparoo as it fits the >> convention of addressing letters as you point out. >> > >> > But I'd like to adhere to the established convention in Australia. >> > >> > Cheers, >> > Nick >> > >> > -----Original Message----- >> > From: David Bannon [mailto:dban...@internode.on.net] >> > Sent: Tuesday, 14 October 2014 9:21 AM >> > To: Nicholas G Lawrence >> > Cc: talk-au@openstreetmap.org >> > Subject: Re: [talk-au] street addressing city or suburb? >> > >> > >> > Nicholas, generally, when addressing an envelope for example, we'd say - >> > >> > somestreet, >> > Coorparoo, >> > Queensland, postcode >> > >> > We'd reserve the use of "Brisbane" to an address in the CBD itself. Or >> so I think... >> > >> > Apply the same principle here do you think ? >> > >> > David >> > >> > On Mon, 2014-10-13 at 23:09 +0000, Nicholas G Lawrence wrote: >> > > Hi all, >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > What is the convention for tagging an address for a residential >> > > property in a suburb (Coorparoo) in a city (Brisbane)? >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > addr:city = “Brisbane” >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > Or >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > addr:city = “Coorparoo” >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > Or >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > addr:suburb = “Coorparoo” >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > Which is best for navigation and routing? >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-au mailing list > Talk-au@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au > > -- If you want to encrypt your messages, here is my public OpenPGP <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pretty_Good_Privacy> key: 0x110BF48D Learn how to protect your privacy there <https://emailselfdefense.fsf.org/en/>.
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