Hello Yuliya,
As a mapper I normally use the name tag, and would only think of using the
housename tag for those rare (here) british kind of places where a building
is identified as "Something House" (for example "Hedley House") instead of
using a housenumber.
If the housenumber is present and there is no clear housename ("Something
House") I would not use the housename tag.
Here in Chile, most of the apartment buildings have names, but they all also
have housenumbers, and I would always use the housenumber tag since that is
the relevant reference for everyone. You always give the address with the
housenumber and no one will ever do a search using the building housename.
Cheers,
Julio Costa
OpenStreetMap Chile
http://www.openstreetmap.cl/
On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 8:40 AM, Yuliya Leonova <yleon...@cloudmade.com>wrote:
> Hi guys,
>
> For now in Mapzen for tagging building name parameter we use
> 'addr:housename' tag.
> But recently Mapzen team have got several requests to change it to just
> 'name' tag key.
>
> What would you say - which one is more appropriate to use to mark building
> name? If we change addr:housename to name tag wouldn't it hurt any of your
> application?
>
> --
> Yuliya Leonova
> @CloudMade
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