Hello James!
FYI those addresses you see were likely created as part of the NSW address
import project - that is why they are in the middle of the lot :) Please feel
free to improve on its accuracy by merging it into an actual building!
Dion Moult
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On Sunday, March 29, 2020 9:08 AM, Graeme Fitzpatrick <graemefi...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> G'day James & welcome!
>
> Personally, I've always gone with either #3, with the address node at the
> driveway, or drawn the building & added the address details to that.
>
> Either way seems to work, in the they render, & also appear in an address
> search (at least on OSMand!)
>
> Good luck & have fun!
>
> Thanks
>
> Graeme
>
> On Sat, 28 Mar 2020 at 21:47, James Cridland <ja...@cridland.net> wrote:
>
>> Hello, folks - first time poster here, and (while I first edited OSM a while
>> ago) this my first time doing a lot of work in it to make it nicer.
>>
>> I'm adding the buildings around where I live. They're all individual
>> buildings, mainly houses. In my part of Australia we've address points,
>> which come from the local council. They're in the middle of the lot - not
>> necessarily in the middle of the building on the lot.
>>
>> Should I be:
>> 1. Adding the building outlines and moving the address points to the centre
>> of the building?
>> 2. Adding the building outlines and dropping the address point onto the
>> outline, so they're merged?
>> 3. Adding the building outlines and dropping the address point onto the
>> outline at the entrance, so they're merged?
>> 4. What the hell are you doing James, don't touch the address points?
>>
>> Looking at the renderer: if I do #3, that moves the street number to the
>> entrance of the property, which is quite helpful, especially for a building
>> on a corner.
>>
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