On Mon, Feb 19, 2018 at 7:44 AM, Matthew Darwin <matt...@mdarwin.ca> wrote:
> Hi Clifford, > > (It was good to meet you at SOTM US last year). > > Thanks for your comments... The situation with addr:city appears to me to > be more complex than the situation with addr:province/addr:country, along > the lines of what you are mentioning. My personal home mailing address > cannot be resolved in OSM because the mailing address does not match any of > the boundaries. (OSM boundaries are correct, but the official post address > cannot be resolved from the boundaries). So I have a feeling that addr:city > is going to be required, at least in some cases. > > Do you have a view on addr:province/addr:state or addr:country? US/Canada > probably have more similarities than differences, so your input is very > welcome. > I never include addr:province/state or addr:country when adding an address. If I see one I leave it there since it isn't harming anything. I did just go look at the last business [1] I added in Burnaby, BC. Looks like I didn't add a province but did add the city. I just checked in iD - it knows that I'm editing in Canada so it has a province field. Very good iD! [1] https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/4933408221 -- @osm_seattle osm_seattle.snowandsnow.us OpenStreetMap: Maps with a human touch
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