My preference is to infer; because suburbs have a nasty habit of changing their boundaries and postcodes very frequently.
On Tue, Apr 16, 2019 at 11:23 AM Graeme Fitzpatrick <graemefi...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, 15 Apr 2019 at 23:01, Sebastian Spiess <mapp...@consebt.de> wrote: > >> Hi list, >> >> this question originates from the discussion about the NSW address >> import, see here: >> https://gitlab.com/dionmoult/osm-nsw-address-import/issues/7 >> >> My view is that addresses are more than just the Street name and house >> number (plus Unit number). >> >> When I put POIs on the map I also add City, postcode and state - the >> full address. >> >> I understand that this information might be redundant as the city or >> suburb boundary is 'passing' it down, however to me the address is >> incomplete for the POI. >> >> When using data consumers they do not necessary pass down the city to >> the POI and it will be missing in their listing, e.g. when searching. >> >> What are the views here? >> > > Repeating a comment made on that Gitlab discussion > > "My understanding is that we don't need to include this data, because it > is possible to automatically infer the city and state from the boundaries, > which are already in OSM. > > For instance, here is a link to what happens > <https://www.openstreetmap.org/search?query=44-60%20Menangle%20Street%2C%20Picton#map=19/-34.16984/150.61256> > when I use the OSM <https://openstreetmap.org> website to search for 44-60 > Menangle Street, Picton. > Note the result from Nominatim includes the council area, the state, the > postcode and the country. But if you click on it, you will find that the > way only includes the addr:housenumber, addr:street and building tags." > > I've just tried it for a few addresses in my area eg 4 Pipit Parade > Burleigh Waters to get "No results found" > > https://www.openstreetmap.org/search?query=4%20Pipit%20Parade%20Burleigh%20Waters#map=15/-28.0748/153.4368 > > but a search as just 4 Pipit Parade returns > > https://www.openstreetmap.org/search?query=4%20Pipit%20Parade#map=19/-28.07430/153.42918, > including "suburb" (but it's actually not), city, state, postcode, country; > & when you click on that reference, you get > https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/4305436990, which shows the suburb > correctly as Burleigh Waters, not Miami - & I created that address, so I > know how it was loaded! :-) > > AFAIK, there are no suburb boundaries yet loaded for the Gold Coast area, > so it would appear ? that the system is possibly selecting the physically > closest shown suburb name as the suburb, rather than the actual suburb that > has been loaded as part of the address? > > Does that sound feasible? > > If so, it's wrong, so how do we correct it? > > Incidentally, OSMand correctly finds 4 Pipit Parade, Burleigh Waters, but > will also find it if you search via Miami, but then displays it as Burleigh > Waters. > > Thanks > > Graeme > _______________________________________________ > Talk-au mailing list > Talk-au@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au >
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